Arrow Design
date: label: Date
content: late 19th–early 20th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two rows of giant arrows are separated by smaller rows of tiny arrows alternating in the opposite direction. The larger chevron shape is decorated with thin stripes. In Japan, the arrow (yagasuri) represents good luck. There is a saying that once an arrow is fired, it never returns.
place: label: made in
content: Japan
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Helen Snyder
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1976-103-289
objectType: label: Type
content: textile designs
label: Object Name
content: Katagami
label: Type
content: Katagami
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu), and silk threads (itoire)
label: Dimensions
content: 46.7 x 34 cm (18 3/8 x 13 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Mat: 71.1 x 55.9 cm (28 x 22 in.)