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Threads of Silk and Gold: Ornamental Textiles from Meiji Japan

(from 9th Nov 2012 until 27th Jan 2013)

Discover exquisite embroideries, dyed silk and velvet panels, tapestries, and appliqué works

Detail of Screen with peacock and peahen, Japan, 1900-c.1910 (Museum no. LI1956.21)
The Yōmeimon Gate and Shinkyō Bridgefront, Cat. No. 29

© Kiyomizu Sannenzaka Museum

  • The Yōmeimon Gate and Shinkyō Bridge (detail, Cat. No. 29)
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The Yōmeimon Gate and Shinkyō Bridge

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  • Description

    During the Meiji period (1868-1912), the mountain resort of Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, became a popular destination for foreign visitors to Japan, especially after a railway service to Nikkō was established in 1890. Two of Japan’s earliest Western-style hotels were founded there in 1873 and 1888 respectively, to cater to foreign customers. Photographs of the sights at Nikkō were hugely popular souvenirs, as were the rather more upmarket textile versions. (Exhibition number 29)

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › Japan (place of creation)
    Asia › Japan › Honshū › Kyōto prefecture › Kyoto (probable place of creation)
    Europe (original location)
    Asia › Japan (Shinkyō Bridge) (subject)
    Asia › Japan (Yōmeimon Gate) (subject)
    Date
    late 19th century - early 20th century
    Meiji Period (1868 - 1912)
    Material and technique
    silk, dyed, and embroidered with coloured silk and flat silk; cotton border, dyed dark-blue
    Dimensions
    187.5 x 127.5 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › textile › silk,
    organic › animal › animal product › silk,
    processed material › textile › cotton,
    organic › vegetal › fibre › cotton
    Technique index
    assembled › woven,
    woven,
    coloured › dyed,
    dyed,
    needleworked › embroidered
    Object type index
    textile › hanging,
    furniture/furnishings › furnishing › hanging,
    textile
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Lent by the Kiyomizu Sannenzaka Museum.
    Accession no.
    LI1956.30

  • Further reading

    Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 9 November 2012-27 January 2013, Threads of Silk and Gold: Ornamental Textiles from Meiji Japan, Clare Pollard, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2012), no. 29 p. 143, foreword & p. 143

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