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A Tsutsugaki Futon Cover: Ceremonial Noshi browse these categories for related items... Directory: Antiques:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese:Textiles: Pre 1920: Item # 816057
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| ca. late nineteenth, early twentieth century 64" x 52", 163 cm x 132 cm This is a free-hand paste resist, or tsutsugaki, futon cover showing a beautifully rendered and very traditionally Japanese celebratory motif, the auspicious noshi or dried abalone. Noshi, being an auspicious symbol, was chosen for this indigo dyed cotton futon cover since it was most likely the part of a wedding trousseau. What is wonderful about this piece is the clarity and the sureness of the drawing, and for the tones of blue which are just a few steps apart from one another. This noshi is drawn in a very bold, almost cartoonish style, and this piece is almost like a Roy Lichtenstein in that regard. The odd detail about this piece is that it seems to have been sewn with the clear side of the image on what would have been the inside of the futon cover: even the wear marks seem to indicate this. Usually the bold side of the tsutsugaki piece was the 'public' side, and the inside was understood to stay that way. This is further reinforced by the application of two mending patches to the clear side of the textile; mending is almost always done on the reverse. Very nicely hand spun cotton, thick and rustic in the hand. | |||||||||||
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