Title
Furoshiki or cover with mandarin ducks and bridge
Year/Period
Taisho or Showa period
Region
Japan
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 115.0 x 102.7 cm
Accession No.
2024-01310
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Chris Hall.
The futon typically consists of a padded mattress and quilted bedcover. This futon cover is decorated with tsutsugaki, a method of resist dyeing with rice paste. It features a design of mandarin ducks which symbolise fidelity and conjugal harmony, suggesting that it was made to celebrate a wedding. Such covers were included in a bride’s trousseau.
