Caption

Dyeing stencil ise-katagami with the Bishamonten's armor Bishamon-kikkô motif, chuban format, geometric hexagon ornaments; stencil; Japanese; Edo 1603–1868 / Meiji 1868–1912, 2nd half of the 19th century; height 40.7 cm, width 24.7 cm., A rectangular dark brown sheet with a repeating cutout pattern across the central area, the cutouts forming interconnected Y-shaped and angular motifs that reveal white underneath; the sheet shows subtle variations of brown with slightly darker edges and a faint vertical seam near the right side, and the cutout pattern appears in a few horizontal rows creating a geometric lattice effect.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A29_495

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53.6Mb (4.2Mb) / 18.5in x 11.2in / 5556 x 3370 (300dpi)

Keywords

Dyeing stencil ise-katagami Bishamonten's armor Bishamon-kikkô motif chuban format geometric hexagon ornaments Japanese Edo 1603–1868 Meiji 1868–1912 2nd half 19th century height 40.7 cm width 24.7 cm rectangular dark brown sheet repeating cutout pattern across central area cutouts forming interconnected Y-shaped angular motifs reveal white underneath subtle variations slightly darker edges faint vertical seam near right side cutout pattern horizontal rows creating geometric lattice effect.