Cushion Cover of four diamond fragments of bright brown silk satin brocade in a floral design; hints of shades of blue, green, and rose are visible; includes flat metallic gold threads that are coating paper; the satin has a velvet texture; back cover is of hand-spun, hand-woven linen. From record: the addition of paper saves silk without losing the rich effect. The original brocade would have been suitable for Temple use. Maybe Kinran weave.
Textile Panel of brown silk with painted designs of various textile fragments in browns, blues, and red, greens; floral designs, ornate oval animals, Middle Age textile designs; looks like metal stamp technique.
Textile panel of finely woven kinran (silk brocaded with gilt paper) in pale olive, gold, white, brown, and green; the design is in horizontal bands of pagodas and pine trees, clouds with cranes, and books with Japanese character writing; the ground is a gold-pale olive with designs woven in and additional added threads to create stripes; top and bottom have stitched fringe. Record says it's from an Obi.
Textile Panel of ochre silk with hand-embroidered flowers in red, off-white, pale green, blue, and metallic gold with stems and leaves in blue and green; some flowers are outlined in contrasting colors; three horizontal maroon yarn stripes are woven into the surface of the fabric; tiny holes are apparent throughout the entire textile where the needlework would be done.
Textile Panel of ribbed fabric with scene of architecture dwellings and trees and water; some of the areas are velvet; the colors are blues, greens, and beige; the center textile is blocked with a bright brown brocade floral frame; looks very old.
Textile panel created from a hand-woven Obi in "kinran" weave (silk brocaded with gilt paper, on overlay of gold on a fine tough mulberry paper) in green, blue, ecru, rust orange, yellow-green with metallic threads; the design is of celestial dragons (5 toed) writhing through varied-colored bands of cloud forms; lined in fine white silk and interlined with printed rice paper.
Temple Wall Hanging in a brocade of silk and gilt paper on a deep indigo ground of floating silk thread warp; Ho 'O birds alternate with Paulownia motifs in clay, blues, grey-greens, and beige with off-white paper outlining the design; the delicacy of the textile was acceptable for temple hanging where it would not be susceptible to damage. The leafy plant motif is from the Paulownia tree and was used as the family crest for the Toyotomi family.
Textile Panel from an Obi; the ground has bands of green and brown that are connected by an Ikat woven band in white striated lines; the entire Obi is embroidered, and hand-brocaded in various flowers, stems, and leaves in soft, natural shades of grey, yellow, green, brown, white, blue, and purple in untwisted silk floss in a satin stitch; the flowers are the Seven Flowers of Autumn; broken lines of metallic thread are woven in to accent the textile; backed on pale pink sateen.From record: Fragment of a very old Obi featuring the Seven Flowers of Autumn. "Aki NoNanakusa" Seven Flowers of Autumn. During the Heian Period (794-1185), these flowers were common in the gardens of the aristocracy. The flowers are: Hagi, Kazu, Obana, Ominaeshi, Nadeshiko, Asagao, Fujibakama.