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
View of Kiyomizu Temple
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Description
The Buddhist temple of Kiyomizudera, with its famous wooden platform made entirely without nails, was one of the most famous tourist destinations in Kyoto. The textile was made by the Aoki embroidery firm, based in the city of Hikone on the eastern shores of Lake Biwa, an area called Kotō (literally the East of the Lake). (Exhibition number 28)
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Details
- Associated place
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Europe (original location)Asia › Japan › Honshū › Kyōto prefecture › Kyoto › Kiyomizu Temple (subject)
- Date
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1890s - early 20th century
Meiji Period (1868 - 1912)
- Artist/maker
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Aoki Embroidery (established late 19th century)
- Material and technique
- silk, dyed, and embroidered with coloured silk and flat silk; cotton border, dyed dark-red
- Dimensions
- 252 x 232 cm (height x width)
- Material index
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organic › animal › animal product › silk,
- Technique index
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dyed,
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Kiyomizu Sannenzaka Museum.
- Accession no.
- LI1956.34
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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. 28 p. 142, illus. pp. 39 & 142
Past Exhibition
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Threads of Silk and Gold: Ornamental Textiles from Meiji Japan
(from 9th Nov 2012 until 27th Jan 2013)
Location
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- returned to owner
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