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Bedding cover (futonji)

late 19th–early 20th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueCotton, indigo, freehand paste resist (tsutsugaki)
DimensionsLength x width: 139.7 x 127 cm (55 x 50 in.)
Credit LineGift of Wayne E. Nichols and Tomie Nagano in memory of Towako Ogasawara
Accession number2012.1068
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
Provenance1988, sold at Araiyakusi Temple antique market, Tokyo, Japan to Tomie Nagano, West Roxbury, MA; 2012, gift of Nagano to the MFA. (Accession date: December 12, 2012)
Cover
late 19th–early 20th century
Futon (yogi)
late 19th century
Tapa cloth
19th–20th century
Textile length
19th century
Woman's wrapper
mid 20th century