Helmets, Swords, Bows and Arrows
date: label: Date
content: 1780–1830
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: This motif contains: kabuto (helmet), katana (long sword), wakisashi (twelve inch dagger), yumi (bow) and ya (arrows) which were part of the samurai attire. This stencil encorporates mulitple military equipment which evokes the sense of soaring throughout the motif. Swords and arrows are arched in every direction as the helmets straps are extemporaneously overlapping the weapons. The traditional helmet is encrusted with a pair of deer antlers with a few modifications. The stencil is supported with silk threads.
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: 1976-103-94
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: 26.1 × 42.5 cm (10 1/4 × 16 3/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Mat: 35.5 × 45.6 cm (14 × 17 15/16 in.)