Black supplementary weft brocade haori with woven design of sparrows and bamboo / Artist Unknown, Japan
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.353
- Title
- Black supplementary weft brocade haori with woven design of sparrows and bamboo
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Medium and Support
- black crepe silk with woven metallic threads
- Object Creation Date
- 1940s-1950s
- Credit Line
- Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
- Dimensions
- 91 cm x 135 cm (35 13/16 in. x 53 1/8 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Physical Description
- Black crepe silk with woven metallic threads. Lining is made of white damask silk with sayagata pattern; white gofun painted lines between pattern repeats and then bokashizome in "stripes" of colors. Woven design of sparrow and bamboo is on the back only.
- Subject Matter
- The haori was originally part of a man’s formal attire, but in the nineteenth century, female entertainers in Edo (modern Tokyo) adopted it as a cloak for outdoor wear in mild weather. By the end of the century, married women of the upper class adopted black crepe silk haori with family crests (such as that seen here, at the back of the collar) for formal, public occasions. For much of the twentieth century, the haori has been the standard outerwear for a woman who dresses in a kimono outside the home.
- Secondary Keywords
- patterning
- animals and creatures
- costume
- costume by form
- descriptors
- grass (plant material)
- main garments
- main garments for the upper body
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- plant material
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- textile processes and techniques
- textile weaving processes and techniques
- textile weaving techniques
- weft patterning
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Record
- 2005/1.353
- Link to this Item
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"Black supplementary weft brocade haori with woven design of sparrows and bamboo; Artist Unknown, Japan." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2005-sl-1.353/2005_1.353a.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
