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Futon-Gawa (Quilt Cover)

Asian Art

This indigo-dyed cotton quilt cover features dancing figures in elaborate costumes interspersed with the kotobuki character symbolizing long life. Each section of the quilt cover is composed of three to five vertical panels about eighteen inches wide—the width of the loom—basted together.
MEDIUM Indigo-dyed cotton
  • Place Made: Japan
    • DATES 19th century
    PERIOD Meiji Period
    DIMENSIONS 65 × 50 in. (165.1 × 127 cm)
    COLLECTIONS Asian Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 83.119.1
    CREDIT LINE Brooklyn Museum Collection
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