Fragment, Medium: silk; powdered gold paint and black lacquer Technique: stamped or stenciled; painted on plain weave, Five vertical strips pasted together on paper backing; fine thin silk cloth (with each two warps pushed close together, then space, then two, etc.), with faint small continuous gold designs of flying bird in flowers, flowers on water, rosettes in diamond trellis, angled bamboo shade. Horizontal hatching and diamond trellis overpainted in black lacquer with fine brush - probably later., Japan, 14th century (black paint later), printed, dyed & painted textiles, Fragment