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29-96-834

From: Japan

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 29-96-834
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Japanese
Provenience Japan
Section Asian
Materials Cotton
Iconography Mon | Family Crest | Tachibana | Crane | Minogame | Tortoise
Description

A banner known as a nobori-bata (幟旗). It is painted with bright colors and depicts a crane and tortoise (minogame 蓑亀), which are symbols of longevity, at the bottom. The top has a wide and thin band in black. The middle has a mon (family crest).

Length 368 cm
Width 87.5 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904

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