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Futon (yogi)

late 19th century
Object PlaceHokkaido Island, Japan
Medium/TechniqueCotton, indigo, paste resist (tsutsugaki)
DimensionsLength x width: 177.8 x 161.3 cm (70 x 63 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Wayne E. Nichols and Tomie Nagano in memory of Towako Ogasawara
Accession number2012.1064
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceBefore 1985, inherited by Towako Ogasawara from her husband's parents, Shari-town, Hokkaido, Japan; 1985, gift of Towako Ogasawara to her daughter, Tomie Nagano, West Roxbury, MA; 2012, gift of Nagano to the MFA. (Accession date: December 12, 2012)
Bedding cover (futonji)
late 19th–early 20th century
Cover
late 19th–early 20th century
Textile length
19th century
Woman's wrapper
mid 20th century