Sarasa with Small Rosettes
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The exceptional length of this cloth\u2014more than seven feet\u2014suggests its possible use as part of a waistband (obi). Indian sarasa was particularly popular in the Edo period (1615\u20131868) for obi and robe (kosode) linings. Although the fabric was made in India, the repeating pattern of regularly spaced rosettes and roundels was based on Japanese sources. The motifs evoke Japanese Buddhist iconography\u2014the lotus and the wheel\u2014as well as the traditional chrysanthemum. This type of design is present in late eighteenth-century Japanese sarasa manuals published in Edo and Kyoto. These manuals, with color directives that encouraged Japanese textile printers to copy the Indian designs, confirm that sarasa were widely circulated even before such publications appeared.cat. no. 34Free picture Sarasa with Small Rosettes integrated with the OffiDocs web apps
