Asian Tribal Art - Katazome Strip, Japan

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Katazome strip
Japan
Hand loomed cotton, indigo
and madder
66" long (173 cm) by 13.5" (34.2 cm) wide
Late 19th to early 20th century
Ex Fifi White, Berkeley, California
#9874D

Katazome refers to the resist dye technique using rice paste and bran squeezed through a stencil (katagami) to produce beautiful repeat patterns. This is a graceful composition of flowers and karakusa arabesques and was likely part of an old futon cover. I have two of these panels, both in excellent condition with no holes or spots. The photos below show the textile folded in half and then opened full; the colors are most accurate in the above photo.

$400


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