Textile Fragment of the Tenmei era with Floral Design

Resist-dyed silk damask ground detailed with stenciling and painting and with decoration embroidered in dyed silk threads and gilt-paper-wrapped threads

Brocade

Ramie with vegetable dyes and mineral pigments; stenciled and free-hand paste-resist decoration applied on both sides of fabric

Tie-dyed designs on blue silk damask patterned with orchid and chrysanthemum flowers on a diapered ground; red silk lining

Vegetable-dyed, handspun cotton with stenciled paste-resist decoration

Resist-dyed red damask silk utilizing stitch-resist (nuishime shibori) and tie-dying (kanoko shibori) techniques; selected motifs embroidered with gold-paper-wrapped and polychrome silk threads

Fabric for a Summer kimono; dyed, tie-dyed, and embroidered linen.

Pale green-blue silk with cloud motifs painted in gold pigment; additional motifs embroidered in polychrome silk and gold threads