Bamboo Motif
date: label: Date
content: mid 18th - early 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Bamboo leaves on a wavy lattice background forms this design. In Japan, bamboo (take) represents flexibility and strength. It appears in many ancient tales, including the tale of the bamboo cutter (Taketori Monogatari) or the princess Kaguya (Kaguya-hime). Bamboo is used in many festivals to ward off evil. July 7th (Tanabata) people write their wishes for the year on strips of paper and tie them to the branches.
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: 1976-103-44
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)