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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Brown fabric with damaged edges, featuring embroidered insects and a fan. Long, thin strip of fabric with insects and leaves at top right; square piece with fan and insect at bottom left. Background appears to be gray concrete or stone surface with scattered dark square and white patch. Small white rectangle in bottom right corner contains black numbers.

Artwork details

Date:
18th century
Medium:
Silk / Compound weave
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
286 × 623 px
Museum record:
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