共立女子大学博物館所蔵 : 資料名「各種 名物裂」に関する研究 : 裂に付される紙札について

This study groups the paper tags attached to 142 fragments of Meibutsu-gire textiles in the collection of the Institution’s museum into five categories based on their quality of paper, content, and calligraphy, sorts them, and considers the timing and intentions of attaching the tags.It finds that the main content of the paper tags describes the fragments’ (i) patterns, (ii) types of cloth, (iii) periods, (iv) ranks, (v) reference numbers, and (vi) weights, and determines that each of the tags was affixed during the period from the Meiji Era (1868–1912) through the Taisho Era (1912–1926).It is observed that the paper tags served in storage-related functions, such as inventory management and recording of use, in the times in which these fragments still had considerable value for practical use, and that after the fragments had become subjects of appreciation as cultural assets the tags came to serve as notes for their preservation and study