Fukusa (Gift Cover)
Mid–/late Meiji period (1868–1912), c. 1895/1912
Woven in one piece (hikikaeshi); Mon side: silk, plain weave (shioze); stencil resist dyed; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-on-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, laidwork and couching; Patterned side: silk, plain weave (shioze); painted with India ink (sumi) and paint; stamped; silk, running "controlling" stitches along all edges
55.5 × 50.5 cm (21.9 × 19.9 in)
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In the collection of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · as of July 2026
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