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2019.31.13

Tenugui cloth depicting a man reading a manuscript.

2019.31.13

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Collection type
Object
Description
Tenugui cloth depicting a man reading a manuscript.
Long description
Tenugui cloth depicting a man in traditional dress reading a manuscript. Japanese inscription near top of cloth.
Geographical reference
Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Person
PRM source Deborah Sanders
PRM source Peter Sanders
Date / Period
Date made: 1904 - 1905, uncertain
Date collected
September 2018
Acquisition information
Donated: 18/09/2019
Materials and processes
Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Pigment, Process Printed, Process Woven
Dimensions
Length 943 mm, Width 339 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 2019.31.13 Other numbers: 36
Research and responses

Note from donors: These are Japanese Tenugui, which were used as wash cloths but are also used as scarves or head-bands. They were printed in Japan, in strips with many layers. The method of creation and a brief history is given in Chapter 7 of 'Cotton & Indigo from Japan by Teresa Duryea Wong, published in 2017 by Schiffer Publishing Ltd (see copy in the RDF)

Search terms: Textile, Towel

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