Egasuri (Picture Kasuri) Fabric with Lightning Motifs
1900-1940
Physical Qualities
Cotton, indigo dye, 44 3/4 × 13 in. (113.7 × 33 cm.)
Credit Line
Jeffrey Krauss Collection of Japanese Textiles
Object Number
2017.422
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2017; Jeff Krauss, Potomac, MD, by purchase 2015; Ichiroya (online retailer), Osaka
Inscribed: Tied and dyed figure, the character "kotobuki" or Chinese character for "long life" found repeated ly on either side of the "lightening" motif.
