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Turmeric Cloth (ukon-nuno) Wrappers

2010

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Turmeric Cloth (ukon-nuno) Wrappers

2010

Physical Qualities Cotton, ink, 37 1/4 × 37 1/4 in. (94.6 × 94.6 cm.)
Object Number 2014.81.3f-j
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2014; Charles Newhall, Baltimore by purchase, Tokyo, Japan

Inscribed: Printed on orange cloth wrapper around one of garments: "Graceful kimono"/"Tsuzureya" [shop]/"Ginza, Nihonbashi" [this is area inside of Tokyo where kimono was sold]

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