Untitled

Unknown

19th century · Paper and silk · Asian Art

This stencil is an excellent example of the textile designer's art, with its masterful play of light and dark, positive and negative. A floral pattern and an irregular diagonal background are also seen in the obi worn by the woman in the accompanying print. In his rendering of the obi, the print artist, in turn, may have been seeking to show the fluid rippling effect of light on a sheer fabric like a patterned gauze.

Artist

Unknown

Date

19th century

Medium

Paper and silk

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Clarence McKenzie Lewis, 1953