CLOTH, ALTAR

Description: UCHISHIKI 1: TABLE CLOTH WITH FLOWER MOTIF, BLUE, SILVER AND WHITE DOMINANT COLOURS. LENGTH 100.0, WIDTH 48.0. JAPANESE NAME IS, “UCHISHIKI,” “HIKI,” TRANSLATES TO, “ROLL OF CLOTH.” TABLE CLOTH 5 SIDED. 1 PCE. UCHISHIKI 2: TABLE CLOTH WITH FLOWER MOTIF, OCHRE DOMINANT COLOUR WITH WHITE, RED, GREEN AND GOLD. LENGTH 94.0, WIDTH 56.0. JAPANESE NAME IS, “UCHISHIKI,” “HIKI,” TRANSLATES TO, “ROLL OF CLOTH.” TABLE CLOTH 5 SIDED. LOSS VIA BURN PRESENT ON CENTER OF CLOTH. STORE LABEL AND TEXT READING, “MADE IN JAPAN” ON BACK OF CLOTH. 1 PCE. UCHISHIKI 3 AND 4: TABLE CLOTH WITH FLOWER MOTIF, RED, PURPLES, GOLD AND WHITE DOMINANT COLOURS. LENGTH 93.0, WIDTH 55.0. JAPANESE NAME IS, “UCHISHIKI,” “HIKI,” TRANSLATES TO, “ROLL OF CLOTH.” TABLE CLOTH 5 SIDED. WAX AND WATER STAINING APPARENT ON BACK OF CLOTH. 2 PCES.

History: THE ORIGIN OF THESE UCHISHIKI ARE UNKOWN. PHOTOGRAPHS WERE EXAMINED TO DETERMINE WHEN THESE CLOTHS WERE ACQUIRED, AND IF THEY WERE PART OF THE BUTSUGU THAT WAS ORDERED FROM JAPAN WITH THE SHRINE IN 1962, WITH NO CONCLUSIVE RESULTS. WHEN DONATED TO THE GALT MUSEUM & ARCHIVES, THESE CLOTHS WERE WRAPPED IN A PAPER PACKAGING. SEE P20070020014 FOR MORE INFORMATION. INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM REVEREND IZUMI, A LOCAL BUDDHIST MINISTER, IN 2008. FOR MORE INFORMATION, SEE P20070020001 AND PERMANENT RECORD. UCHISHIKI 1, 2, 3 AND 4: UCHISHIKI 1 WAS USED AS A TABLE CLOTH FOR THE UWA-JOKU, WHILE UCHISHIKI 2,3 AND 4 WERE USED AS TABLE CLOTHS FOR THE KYO-JOKU (SUTRA TABLES). THE CLOTHS ARE POSITIONED SUCH THAT THE CENTRAL CORNER OF THE CLOTH IS DRAPED OVER THE FRONT END OF THE TABLE.