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Stormy sea with seagulls
- loan
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Description
The seascape became become a popular artistic subject during the Meiji period (1868-1912). Japanese artists also became aware of the popularity of seascapes in the West. In the early Meiji period textile makers looked to the work of Japanese oil painters or foreign prints for their designs. During the 1890s, photographs were increasingly used as design sources. (Exhibition number 35)
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › Japan › Honshū › Kyōto prefecture › Kyoto (probable place of creation)Europe (original location)
- Date
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c. 1910
Meiji Period (1868 - 1912)
- Material and technique
- silk, dyed light-brown, and embroidered with coloured silk and flat silk; wood and silk frame
- Dimensions
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frame 70.7 x 85.7 x 6.5 cm (height x width x depth)
textile 70.7 x 85.7 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.
- LI1956.8
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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. 35 p. 153, illus. p. 152
Past Exhibition
see (1)-
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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