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Bolt of Brocaded Silk for Obi featuring Gosho Guruma (Noble’s Carriage) and Hi-ogi (Heian Fan) Motifs

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Bolt of Brocaded Silk for Obi featuring Gosho Guruma (Noble’s Carriage) and Hi-ogi (Heian Fan) Motifs

20th

Physical Qualities Silk, metal-leafed paper strips, and metal-leafed paper strips wrapped around silk or cotton core, 166 1/2 × 27 3/4 in. (422.9 × 70.5 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Randall Lewis, Bethesda, Maryland, in Honor of Arnold Lehman
Object Number 2016.237
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2016; Dr. Randall Lewis, Bethesda, MD, via inheritance from father, via purchase in Japan about 1946.

Inscribed: Stamps (kanji characters) in purple ink appear at one end of the fabric, probably a manufacturer’s mark. One stamp includes: "[something unreadable] Kogyou Kumiai" [first word refers to “industry”, the second word refers to “guild”]. Another character within a circle includes: “Gokaku” [means “passed inspection”]. Near that a third character says: “Kyoka Hin” [means “permitted item”]. Small paper tag attached to the silk material includes a red Kanji character encircled by a red wreath. This is probably the logo of the merchant that carried the silk.

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