Japan

Tobari (Temple Banner Fragment)

late Edo period (1789–1868), 1800/50

Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, warp-float faced 3:1 ‘Z’ twill weave with weft-float faced 1:3 twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts

228.3 × 59.1 cm (89.9 × 23.3 in)