Kimono-Shaped Coverlet (Yogi) with Lobster and Crest, 紺木綿地海老模様夜着, Meiji period (1868–1912), mid-19th century, Japan, Plain-weave

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Kimono-Shaped Coverlet (Yogi) with Lobster and Crest, 紺木綿地海老模様夜着, Meiji period (1868–1912), mid-19th century, Japan, Plain-weave cotton, resist-dyed and painted with dyes and pigments (tsutsugaki), Overall: 67 x 58 1/4 in. ( x 148 cm), Textiles-Costumes, Tsutsugaki, or “tube drawing,” is a freehand method of resist dyeing. For this technique, the artist first draws directly onto the cotton fabric by squeezing rice paste from a tube (tsutsu), similar to a pastry bag, and then dips the textile into indigo dye

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