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A work made of silk and rayon, plain weave, self-patterned by rows of gauze crossings (yokô ro); stenciled and resist dyed (yûzenzome: ita-age, suri yûzenzome and shigokizome).

Furoshiki (Wrapping Cloth)

1926/35, early Shôwa period (1926–1989)

Japan

Japan

Silk and rayon, plain weave, self-patterned by rows of gauze crossings (yokô ro); stenciled and resist dyed (yûzenzome: ita-age, suri yûzenzome and shigokizome)

Textiles