It is Mandala (or a diagram that depicts Buddhist deities according to certain geometric formats and illustrates the Buddhist world view) embroidered by Princess Tachibana no Ooiratsume with many uneme (maids-in-waiting at the court) in mourning for the Anahobe no hashihitohime, Prince Shotoku's mother and the prince.
聖徳太子の母、穴穂部間人皇女と聖徳太子の死去を悼んで王妃橘大女郎が多くの采女らとともに造った刺繍、曼荼羅である。