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19th century · Paper · Asian Art

Three tiny figures relax near a rustic pavilion in a spare shoreline setting that calls to mind an ink landscape painting. Even the shapes of some of the cutout areas of the stencil resemble the ink strokes that can be found in a painting. A stencil of this type was clearly not meant to create overall patterning. Instead, it might have been used in the making of a kimono decorated with scattered landscape vignettes, reserved in white by applying resist paste through one or more stencils and then dyeing the background. Embroidered and painted details may also have enlivened the scenes.

Artist

Unknown

Date

19th century

Medium

Paper

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Leon Dabo, 1955