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Textile Design for Stencil

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Brown and black background with white and gray floral designs. Two scenes of a building with a porch and gate overlooking a body of water with ripples. The top scene shows a building with a tiled roof and wooden gate, and the bottom scene shows a similar building but with a white wall and what appears to be a screen on the porch. Gray and white bamboo stalks on left side. White flowers throughout. Black Japanese characters on right side.

Artwork details

Date:
17th century
Medium:
Paint on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
475 × 625 px
Museum record:
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