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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Teal blue rectangular fabric with a tan border. The teal blue fabric fills most of the image. The fabric has a grid pattern made of thin tan lines, forming diamonds and intersecting in the center. There are eight-pointed star shapes made of tan fabric in the center of each diamond. The eight-pointed stars have a design within them. There are dark smudge marks on the fabric. A tan border surrounds the fabric. A line of small orange numbers and letters in the top right corner.

Artwork details

Date:
18th–19th century
Medium:
Silk
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
599 × 378 px
Museum record:
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