Kimono / Artist Unknown, Japan
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.360
- Title
- Kimono
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Medium and Support
- purple silk with tie dye floral design
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1960-1979
- Credit Line
- Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
- Dimensions
- 152 cm x 135 cm (59 13/16 in. x 53 1/8 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Physical Description
- Purple silk damask with hitome kanoko floral design in graduated scale, from small at collar to large at hem. Lining is plain white silk at the top, the lower third and sleeve ends are purple.
- Subject Matter
- This kimono required a labor intensive technique called shibori, in which hundreds of hours would have been spent tying up each small section where white can be seen on the kimono before immersing it in dye. Shibori textiles are very expensive due to the time and skill required to produce them.
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- woody plants
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1778 x 2209
- File Size
- 311 KB
- Record
- 2005/1.360
- Link to this Item
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"Kimono; Artist Unknown, Japan." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2005-sl-1.360/2005_1.360b.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.
