Narumi: Woman Doing Arimatsu ""Shibori"" Tie-Dying

ca. 1845-1846 (late Edo)

24.4 cm 36 cm

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"Shibori" cloth was made through a tie-dyeing process. It became particularly popular during the Edo period. Cloth would be tied tightly around small pebbles, creating white circular patterns. Note the small bundles the woman has already tied in preparation for dyeing. Example...

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C. Robert Snell, Oriental Arts & Antiques, Timonium, Maryland; purchased by Justine Lewis Keidel, Owings Mills, Maryland, after 1971; given to Walters Art Museum, 1991.
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Utagawa School
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