#Uchishiki

[psikonauti]

Japanese Uchishiki (altar cloth), 18th century

Resist-dyed warp (ikat), silk supplementary weft

[thebotanicalarcade]

cover used in Buddhist temple sanctuary (uchishiki)

probably 1820's

Deep indigo silk satin patterned with large 16-petal Imperila chrysanthemum (kiku) and the well curb design (izutsu)

[pwlanier]

Uchishiki (Altar Cloth)

Place

Japan (Object made in)

Date

Made 1801–1825

Medium

Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, slit tapestery weave (kossu); backed with silk, plain weave, creped wefts; tassels: painted and plied

AIC

[yorkeantiquetextiles]

Buddhist altar cloth (uchishiki). Japanese, late Edo or Meiji era, 19th century.23 5/8 x 33 1/16 in. Bast fiber (hemp?) plain-weave ground, silk embroidery (shishû), gold metallic thread couching (koma-nui), glass.  Triangular Buddhist altar cloth (uchishiki) with design of two dragons, with glass eyes, and clouds in various shades of blue, red, pink, and green silk embroidery and gold metallic thread couching on a dark blue embroidered plain-weave hemp ground; natural plain-weave silk. William Sturgis Bigelow Collection, MFA

[palomisabella]

And the night, Transformed the arid plains Onto a reverberating sound; Water drops over a tempestuous sea. Paloma Isabella

[wildbeautifuldamned]

[japaneseaesthetics]

Buddhist altar, with various brocade uchichiki (altar cloths).  Amitabha hall, Mountain of Nagaokakyo-City, Kyoto. Ryuganzan Youkokuji Temple, the common name Yanagidani Kannon.  Photographer teraon of Flickr

[fashionsfromhistory]

Uchishiki 

Middle to Late 1800s

(via Cover used in Buddhist temple sanctuary (uchishiki) | Indianapolis Museum of Art)

[yorkeantiquetextiles]

A silk tapestry-weave Buddhist 'uchishiki' [altar cloth] featuring a phoenix and a lotus pond. Late Edo (1800-1850), Japan.  The phoenix is endowed with all of the magical qualities of auspiciousness: longevity, resurrection, the solar and alchemical fire, and symbolizes peace and tranquility. The lotus is an important Buddhist motif. Images of the Buddha and other important persons often are shown seated on a lotus throne. The growth of the lotus, with its roots in mud, growing through water, and emerging as a wonderful plant above the water's surface, is seen as an analogy of the soul’s path from the mud of materialism to the purity of enlightenment. The 3 stages of the lotus, bud, utpala (mid-blossom) and the full blossoming throne represent the past present and future respectively. There are four colors of lotus recognized in Buddhism: of these, the pink is the supreme lotus, generally reserved for the highest deity, and thus naturally associated with the Great Buddha himself. On this textile there is a deep red color band situated between the celestial sphere of the phoenix and the terrestrial one of the lotus: in Buddhism the color red is believed to have protective qualities; red is the color of powerful rituals and deeds, the color of passion, transmuted to discriminating wisdom.  Yorke Antique Textiles

[yorkeantiquetextiles]

Buddhist altar  uchishiki.  Taisho period, 1912-1927, Japan. A couched-embroidered uchishiki featuring two prominent mons. Yorke Antique Textiles

[yorkeantiquetextiles]

Buddhist altar cloth, Meiji period, Japan. An unusual silk brocade uchishiki featuring three roundels and five auspicious five-color clouds. In Buddhism, five-color clouds symbolize the presence of Buddha. The material is silk backed with a white cotton. Yorke Antique Textiles

[yorkeantiquetextiles]

A brocaded silk Buddhist temple cloth featuring a large "tennyo" (angel) motif. Taisho period, 1912-1926, Japan. Yorke Antique Textiles

[yorkeantiquetextiles]

Buddhist uchishiki (altar cloth). 19th century, Japan. "Triangular-shaped Buddhist altar cloth (uchishiki) with design of peonies and chrysanthemums in gold metallic thread couching and black and creme silk embroidery on a dark blue silk embroidered plain-weave bast fiber ground" MFA. (William Sturgis Bigelow Collection)

[yorkeantiquetextiles]

"Buddhist altar cloth (uchishiki). Silk twill-weave with silk and gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts in twill-weave" 18th to early 19th century, Japan. MFA

[fashionsfromhistory]

Uchishiki

Early 1800s

(via Cover used in Buddhist temple sanctuary (uchishiki) | Indianapolis Museum of Art)

[yorkeantiquetextiles]

Embroidery detail of a buddhist altar cloth. Mid-Edo era (1700-1800), Japan. This detail features the head of a silk and metallic-embroidered ‘Hai Riyo’ (dragon-bird) and wave-motifs on a red wool background. Instead of the scaly body of other Japanese dragons, the Hai Riyo is portrayed with the feathered wings, body and tail of a bird, but it retains the unmistakable, beard fringed visage of a dragon. The Japanese considered the Hai Riyo as the most evolved of the dragons: before attaining this ultimate state, the Hai Riyo had to progress through the normal dragon life-cycle. There are several depictions of this remarkable creature on the ornamental screens decorating the Chi-on-in monastery in Kyoto. Yorke Antique Textiles