Nagaita chūgata, Heaving Wave pattern

Original Language Title長板中形波濤文

Artist Matsubara Nobuo (Japanese, born 1965)

Date2021

MediumPlant fiber (asa) and indigo

DimensionsOverall: 15 1/2 × 490 1/2 inches (39.37 × 1245.87 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: the Asian Art Acquisition Fund in memory of Laurence Sickman

Object number2023.14.1

InscribedThe dyed inscription at the bottom reads: Tama’aizome, nagaita chūgata, Matsubara Nobuo 玉藍染　長板中形　松原伸生 (dyed with ball-shaped [fermented] indigo, nagaita chūgata, Matsubara Nobuo).

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Not on view

Collections

East Asian Art

Terms

Japanese

DescriptionThis is a bolt of soft asa fabric dyed with indigo. Both asa and indigo were sourced in Japan. Matsubara Nobuo dyed the fabric with nagaita chūgata (long board, middle[-sized] stencil) method, which refers to the long board measuring over six meters and middle-sized stencils. The artist used a stencil with heaving wave pattern made by a stencil maker in Ise, Japan.Provenance

Provenance

With Matsubara Nobuo, Chiba, Japan, since 2021.

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