Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- This pattern is made up of turtles floating in different directions. Some turtles are in pairs while others are alone. Thier unique shells are depict different cutting techniques and patterns; geometeric checkard boards, cross hatching and organic fluid patterns. The boarder of the stencil appears to be jagged and uneven. The black tortoise, genbu, represents the north, the winter season, and longevity. It is also one of the guardian spirits that protects Kyoto, being it’s one of the prominent cities of the North.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Helen Snyder
- late 19th–early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1976-103-159
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- textile designs
- Object Name
- katagami
- Type
- katagami
- Medium
- Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu),
- Dimensions
- H x W: 31.7 × 41.7 cm (12 1/2 × 16 7/16 in.)
- Mat: 35.6 × 45.7 cm (14 × 18 in.)
- made in
- Japan
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1976-103-159
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4b01fc984-a55f-4c36-94f3-f61c61561a93
