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X2008.6.148 Futon cover
Object Name: Futon cover (futonji), fragment
Place of Origin: Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan
Date/Era: Taisho period (1912-1926)
Dimensions: L: 228.80 cm (90 in), W: 156.00 cm (16.4 in)
Medium/Materials: Cotton; double ikat
Credit Line: Fowler Museum. Krauss Collection of Japanese Textiles
Accession Number: X2008.6.148
In an unequivocal expression of Japanese military might, a battleship steams across this futon cover.
Source: Gallery wall text from the exhibition Fowler in Focus: Japanese Pictorial Ikats from the Krauss Collection, 2012
