Fragment

Medium

Silk or linen or cotton / Woven

Dimensions

Frame: 10 × 17 in. (25.4 × 43.2 cm) a: 2 1/2 × 1 3/4 in. (6.4 × 4.4 cm) b: 1 3/4 × 1 3/4 in. (4.4 × 4.4 cm) c: 1/2 in. × 1 in. (1.3 × 2.5 cm) d: 1 × 2 in. (2.5 × 5.1 cm) e: 3/4 × 3/4 in. (1.9 × 1.9 cm) f: 1/4 × 1/2 in. (0.6 × 1.3 cm) g: 2 3/4 × 2 1/4 in. (7 × 5.7 cm) h: 3/4 × 1/2 in. (1.9 × 1.3 cm) i: 2 1/4 × 2 1/2 in. (5.7 × 6.4 cm) j: 1 in. × 3 1/4 in. (2.5 × 8.3 cm) k: 1/4 × 1 3/4 in. (0.6 × 4.4 cm) l: 1/2 × 3/4 in. (1.3 × 1.9 cm) m: 1 in. × 2 1/4 in. (2.5 × 5.7 cm) n: 1/2 in. × 1 in. (1.3 × 2.5 cm) o: 1/4 in. × 1 in. (0.6 × 2.5 cm) p: 1/4 × 1/2 in. (0.6 × 1.3 cm) q: 1 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (3.8 × 6.4 cm) r: 1 1/4 × 2 1/2 in. (3.2 × 6.4 cm) s: 1 3/4 × 1 1/4 in. (4.4 × 3.2 cm) t: 1/2 × 2 3/4 in. (1.3 × 7 cm) u: 1/2 × 2 3/4 in. (1.3 × 7 cm) v: 1 3/4 in. × 1 in. (4.4 × 2.5 cm) w: 1/4 × 1 1/4 in. (0.6 × 3.2 cm) x: 1/2 × 1/2 in. (1.3 × 1.3 cm) y: 1/2 in. × 2 in. (1.3 × 5.1 cm) z: 1 1/4 × 2 1/4 in. (3.2 × 5.7 cm) aa: 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (1.3 × 3.2 cm) bb: 3/4 × 2 in. (1.9 × 5.1 cm)

Classification

Textiles-Woven

Culture & Period

Japan · Nara period (710–794), Tempyō (729–749)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1944

Accession Number

44.48.20a–bb