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Square silk altar cloth with two phoenix-like birds, red and white peonies, and stylized cloud bands in red, green, cream, and dark tones.

Uchishiki (Altar Cloth)

A square silk altar cloth on a red, green, and cream ground of stylized clouds. A bird with flowing blue and orange tail feathers, likely a phoenix, appears at upper left beside a large peony, and a second bird with long trailing plumes sits among red peonies and green leaves at lower right.

Artist
Unknown
Date
1801-25
Medium
Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, slit tapestery weave (kossu); backed with silk, plain weave, creped wefts; tassels: painted a
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1643 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1825).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Gaylord Donnelley in memory of Frances Gaylord Smith

Español: Uchishiki (paño de altar) con fénix y peonías

Un paño cuadrado de seda para altar, sobre un fondo rojo, verde y crema con nubes estilizadas. Un ave con largas plumas azules y anaranjadas, probablemente un fénix, aparece arriba a la izquierda junto a una gran peonía, y una segunda ave con plumas colgantes está entre peonías rojas y hojas verdes en la esquina inferior derecha.

Português: Uchishiki (toalha de altar) com fênix e peônias

Um pano quadrado de seda para altar, sobre um fundo vermelho, verde e creme com nuvens estilizadas. Uma ave com longas plumas azuis e alaranjadas, provavelmente uma fênix, aparece no canto superior esquerdo ao lado de uma grande peônia, e outra ave de plumas longas está entre peônias vermelhas e folhas verdes no canto inferior direito.