Japanese cotton bedding cover (futon-ji)

An image of Textiles. Four joined panels. Bedding cover (futon-ji). Unknown maker, Japan, Ryukyu Islands. Motifs of crane, prunus, 10,000 year old tortoise, irises. Resist dyed cotton, dark blue ground; designs painted in greys, beiges and pinks. Length, whole, 155 cm, width, whole, 129 cm, circa 1800-circa 1899.

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Textiles. Four joined panels. Bedding cover (futon-ji). Unknown maker, Japan, Ryukyu Islands. Motifs of crane, prunus, 10,000 year old tortoise, irises. Resist dyed cotton, dark blue ground; designs painted in greys, beiges and pinks. Length, whole, 155 cm, width, whole, 129 cm, circa 1800-circa 1899.

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Accession Number: T.201-1977
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/29.0
Focal length: 24
Camera: NIKON D800
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 857 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 627.19kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 29/1
Captured: 2015:12:10 13:45:27

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19th Century Almond almond blossom bedding cover birds blossom blue carapace cotton cranes dark blue dyed Fitz_AA floral flowers futon-ji Iridaceae iris Irises Japanese minogame panel prunus resist dyed Rosaceae sakura textile tortoise turtle turtles

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