Piece from a Summer Kosode (Katabira) with Kerria Roses (Yamabuki), Flowing Water, and Partial Characters

Piece from a Summer Kosode (Katabira) with Kerria Roses (Yamabuki), Flowing Water, and Partial Characters

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This textile is luxuriously patterned with kerria roses (yamabuki), bright yellow flowers that grow on bushes and are often associated in poetry with flowing water. The fragmentary characters on this piece have not been identified.

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Piece from a Summer Kosode (Katabira) with Kerria Roses (Yamabuki), Flowing Water, and Partial CharactersPiece from a Summer Kosode (Katabira) with Kerria Roses (Yamabuki), Flowing Water, and Partial CharactersPiece from a Summer Kosode (Katabira) with Kerria Roses (Yamabuki), Flowing Water, and Partial CharactersPiece from a Summer Kosode (Katabira) with Kerria Roses (Yamabuki), Flowing Water, and Partial CharactersPiece from a Summer Kosode (Katabira) with Kerria Roses (Yamabuki), Flowing Water, and Partial Characters

The Met's collection of Asian art—more than 35,000 objects, ranging in date from the third millennium B.C. to the twenty-first century—is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the world. Each of the many civilizations of Asia is represented by outstanding works, providing an unrivaled experience of the artistic traditions of nearly half the world.