This textile fragment showing a pattern of dragons and clouds was woven in Japan during the Edo period, sometime in the eighteenth to nineteenth century. The fragment was likely once part of a luxurious silk garment, such as a _kosode _robe, a Noh theatre costume, or even a Buddhist altar cloth. Today’s cloudspotters might think of the curling, or breaking-wave, cloud feature known as fluctus when they see such spiralling Cumulus forms. But in the Edo period, a motif of swirling dragons and clouds represented power, wisdom, and the dynamic forces of nature. We say it’s about time cloud-emblazoned luxurious silk clothing made a comeback.