Book of Pictures of the Imperial Palace
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Book of Pictures of the Imperial Palace
Textile and paper
14 1/2 in. x 10 1/2 in. x 1 1/4 in. (36.83 cm x 26.67 cm x 3.18 cm)
Bryn Mawr College
Accession Number:
2005.6.20.a-c
Acquisition Date:
11/06/1986
Geography:
Asia, Japan
Classification:
Documents and Documentary Artifacts
Culture/Nationality:
Japanese
Collection:
Elizabeth Gray Vining '23 Collection
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- Asian - Refers to the cultures of the continent of Asia, which is in the eastern hemisphere, and is bounded by the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Arctic Ocean, and is generally considered to be delimited on the west by the Ural Mountains. It also refers to the numerous islands off the coast of Asia.
- books - Items comprising a collection of leaves of paper, parchment, wood, stiffened textile, ivory, metal tablets, or other flat material, that are blank, written on, or printed, and are strung or bound together in a volume.
- imperial palaces - Palaces housing an emperor, and often his family, members of the court, and servants.
- Japanese - Nationality, periods, cultures, and styles found in Japan, either in historical times or in the present.
- paper - Refers generally to all types of thin matted or felted sheets or webs of fiber formed and dried on a fine screen from a pulpy water suspension. The fibers may be animal, such as hair, silk or wool, or mineral, such as asbestos, or synthetic. However most paper is made from cellulosic plant fiber, such as from wood pulp, grass, cotton, linen, and straw.
- textiles - General term for carpets, fabrics, costume, or other works made of textile materials, which are natural or synthetic fibers created by weaving, felting, knotting, twining, or otherwise processing. For works of art or high craft that employ textile as a medium, prefer "textile art (visual works)."
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- The Way of Tea--A Taste of Japanese Art: Gifts from the Imperial Family Bryn Mawr College , May 11, 2007 – Aug 15, 2007
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