Textile Fragment of the Tenmei era with Striped Design

Vegetable-dyed banana fiber; "ro" weave

Multicolored ikat-dyed silk with patterning in supplementary gold wefts; floral motifs embroidered with polychrome silk threads

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

Vegetable-dyed banana fiber, plain weave

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

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