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Item Code：7521198
Size (cm)
Length
432
Width
31
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[Shokko Nishiki (Red Shu Brocade)]
"Shokko Nishiki" originally means a red brocade woven at a mill in Chengdu, capital of Shu (221-263 A.D.). The brocade had long been known for its beauty in ancient China. Later, the term came to be applied to a particular type of geometric pattern, regardless of the origin of the fabric.
At the Horyuji temple, Nara, there are preserved two kinds of "Shokko Nishiki", designated as Important Cultural Assets, one with a floral design in squares and the other a geometric pattern, both on a red ground.
This piece is a reproduction of the "Shokko Nishiki" which is supported to have been made in Chona in the 14th Century and handed down as a "Meibutsu-gire(a celebrated textile fabric) at the House of Maeda, a great feudal lord in the Edo period (1600-1868). It is executed as a warp-patterned brocade with a sophisticated color scheme.
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