Bridges and Bats on Lattice
date: label: Date
content: mid 18th - early 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: In Japan, bats are seen as auspicious because part of the Chinese word for bat (bianfu) is a homophone (fu) for "happiness." A scene of bats flying near a bridge is repeated in opposite directions on a diagonal lattice weave.
place: label: made in
content: Japan
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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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: 1976-103-12
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)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 20.3 x 34.8 cm (8 in. x 13 11/16 in.)