Cloth

Temple banners

Collected by the paper making library & museum, Tokyo, between 1957 and 1959.

Rectangular white cloth with dyed designs. In the centre is a red bowl, pink cheery blossoms, a green loop with red ties and tassels. One corner is filled with a blue geometric pattern. At the opposite end is a small red circle with Japanese characters. There are two selvage edges and two raw edges.