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Gift cover (fukusa)

(Japanese, 1760–1849)
1844 (Koka 1)
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk plain weave with ink and color
Dimensions66.6 x 71.6 cm (26 1/4 x 28 3/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number22.398
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceGift of William Sturgis Bigelow of Boston, Massachusetts to MFA, April 6, 1922
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