The first exhibition outside Japan dedicated to the art of ornamental Meiji textiles is being staged at Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum.

Threads of Silk and Gold: Ornamental Textiles from Meiji Japan will open at the Beaumont Street venue on November 9 and run until January 27.

The exhibition will feature 40 examples of Meiji textiles from the newly acquired collection of the Kiyomizu-Sannenzaka Museum in Kyoto.

Also on display will be pieces from the Ashmolean’s own collection.

Tickets cost £6, £4 concessions.