Sample book of indigo-dyed handwoven textiles with storage box

Object Details

• Provenance

  Unidentified family in Tokyo [1]

  Tadashi Morita, Tokyo, purchased the book from an unidentified Tokyo family that had been in the textile business [2]

  To 2018

  John Ruddy, Santa Fe, New Mexico, purchased from Tadashi Morita in Tokyo [3]

  2018

  Jeffrey P. Cunard, Washington, DC, purchased from John Ruddy, Santa Fe, New Mexico in 2018 [4]

  From 2018

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Jeffrey P. Cunard, Washington, DC [5]

  Notes:

  [1] John Ruddy, dealer in Santa Fe purchased the book from Tadashi Morita, who is dealer of mingei textiles and objects in Tokyo, Japan. Tadashi Morita purchased the book from a prominent Tokyo family who had been in the textile business. See correspondence from the dealer John Ruddy, copies in object file, Collections Management Office.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] Jeffrey P. Cunard purchased the object from the dealer John Ruddy in 2018. See notes from Jeffrey P. Cunard from Oct. 25, 2018, and the Temporary Custody Receipt, copies in object file, Collections Management Office.

  [4] See note 3.

  [5] See Acquisition Consideration Form, object file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Unknown Tokyo Family

  Tadashi Morita

  John Ruddy

  Jeffrey P. Cunard

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Jeffrey P. Cunard

• Type

  Album

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• Name

  Cunard, Jeffrey P., Ruddy, John, Morita, Tadashi

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Art, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, Lacquer, Indigo

• Culture

  Japanese

• Usage Flag

  Unknown

• Object Type

  Albums