Cherry Blossoms
date: label: Date
content: late 18th–early 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Traditional abstract motif containing cherry blossom (sakura) petals, smaller four petalled flowers and tiny squares with the center punched out. Cherry blossoms is the spring flower that symbolizes a time of renewal and fleeting life. Every year there are festivals of hanami (cherry blossom viewing). These blossoms, also known as sakura, signify love, beauty and strength. These blossoms are a metaphor for the fleeting life.
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: 1976-103-180
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: 24.6 × 41.1 cm (9 11/16 × 16 3/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Mat: 35.6 × 45.7 cm (14 × 18 in.)