Uchishiki (Altar Cloth)
late Edo period (1789–1868), 1797
Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with weft-float faced 1:2 ‘z’ twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts
Lining: Bast fiber, plain weave; inscribed with India ink (sumi)
67 × 67.3 cm (26.4 × 26.5 in)
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In the collection of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · as of July 2026
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