Skip to main content
Collections Menu
SAM'S collection
Wrapping cloth (uchikui) mounted as a hanging scroll
Wrapping cloth (uchikui) mounted as a hanging scroll

Wrapping cloth (uchikui) mounted as a hanging scroll

Dateearly 20th century
Label TextMounted on a hanging scroll, this Okinawa wrapping cloth was elevated from a piece of functional fabric to a piece of art that could adorn a wall. This particular piece was donated to the museum by Elizabeth Bayley Willis, an important figure in the circulation of Mingei principles beyond Japan, in honor of her close friend Yanagi Soetsu, the founder of the Mingei movement.
Object number91.78
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Yo No Bi, June 16 - Sept. 18, 1983. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Exceptionally Ordinary: Mingei 1920–2020, Dec. 14, 2019 - Sept. 6, 2021.
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth Bayley Willis in honor of Dr. Yanagi Soetsu (1889-1961)
Dimensions45 5/8 x 29 3/4 in. (115.9 x 75.6 cm)
MediumCotton fabric (tsutsugaki)
Top panel of mosquito net (kaya)
Japanese
19th century
Object number: 95.12
Doorway hanging - three panel
Japanese
Object number: 92.47.289
Doorway hanging (noren) - four panel
Japanese
early 20th century
Object number: 92.47.301
Doorway hanging - four panel
Japanese
Object number: 92.47.307
Doorway hanging - three panel
Japanese
Object number: 92.47.311
Doorway hanging (noren)
Japanese
19th century
Object number: 2001.511
Wrapping cloth (furoshiki) - three panel
Japanese
Object number: 92.47.264
Wrapping cloth (furoshiki) - four panel
Japanese
Object number: 92.47.265
Wrapping cloth
Japanese
early 20th century
Object number: 92.47.271
Wrapping cloth (furoshiki)
Japanese
Object number: 92.47.273
Wrapping cloth - four panel
Japanese
early 20th century
Object number: 92.47.274
Wrapping cloth - three panel
Japanese
Object number: 92.47.275