Japan

Panel

1894, Meiji period (1868–1912)

Silk, satin weave; underlaid with pieced cotton, plain weaves; some printed; covered with paper; embroidered with wild silk and silk, silk-wrapped cotton, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton and silk in single satin, satin, stem, and paper padded satin and stem stitches; laid work, couching and padded couching; painted details

206.3 × 132.7 cm (81.2 × 52.2 in)