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Northern Mughal India, Lahore, ca. 1620-30 6
ft. 9 in.x 4 ft.51/2 in. (206 x 136 cm) Gion
Matsuri Tsuki-boko Preservation Association,
Kyoto
TECHNICAL INFORMATION, results tentative (D.
Walker):
Warp: white cotton, probably Z6 or Z7,
alternates depressed (High Ply
Count Cotton Warps)
Weft: pink cotton, 2Z , Z3, 3 shoots
Knots: wool, Z2, Z3, Z4, Asymmetrical open to
the left,
11 horizontal x 10 vertical (110 per square
inch)
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Hali #77 Cover LITERATURE
Kajitani and Yoshida 1993, no. 8, p. 54-55;
Walker, Daniel. "Rugs In The Gion Matsuri
Preservation Association", Gion Matsuri
yama-boko kensohin chosa hokokusho Kyoto, 1992,
pp. 186-87;
Purdon "Gion Matsuri" Hali #77 1994,
P. 88, fig. 1; Cover
Sugimura Toh, "Jutan: Shiruku Rodo No
Hana", Osaka,1994, no. 138, p. 139, 156,
178,
Walker, Daniel. Flowers Underfoot. (New York,
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1997) p. 59, 65, 166.
EXHIBITION:
Osaka 1994
Provenance:
Gion Matsuri Tsuki-boko Preservation
Association, Kyoto
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Note: To further a long term research project I am
collecting data. When a piece such as this may be of
interest to others I have decided to share my notes prior
to culmination of the project. As such the attributions
are my own and may be different that the catalogue
attribution. Any additions, information, or corrections,
would be appreciated.
1. Walker, Daniel. Flowers Underfoot.
(New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1997) p. 166
2. Hali #77, October/November 1994, Issue
77, Cover
For Further Reading:
Thanks and best wishes,
J. Barry O'Connell Jr.
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