Beige Nagoya-style obi with landscapes painted by Takizawa Kôyû / Senshô Kasen and Takizawa Kôyû

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Accession Number: 2005/1.332
Title: Beige Nagoya-style obi with landscapes painted by Takizawa Kôyû
Artist: Senshô Kasen and Takizawa Kôyû
Artist Nationality: Japanese
Medium and Support: dupioni (tamaito) silk with hand-painted landscape design
Object Creation Date: circa 1940-1960
Credit Line: Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
Period: Japan, Showa period (1926-1989)
Dimensions: 371 cm x 30.5 cm (146 1/16 in. x 12 in.)
Century: 20th century
Physical Description: Beige dupioni (tamaito) silk with hand-painted landscape designs depicted streams and bridges in wooded mountains. Ground fabric possible dyed with tea.
Subject Matter: Nagoya obi were first produced at the end of the Taisho era, and are simpler than the more formal fukuro and maru obi. A portion of Nagoya obi fabric is folded and stitched in half, making it easier to tie. Senshô Kasen was the dyeing atelier and Takizawa Kôyû is responsible for the hand-painted designs.
Primary Keywords: kimono; landscape; obi
Secondary Keywords: buildings and the land; costume; costume accessories; costume accessories worn; costume by form; main garments; objects we use; settlements and landscapes
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Record: 2005/1.332
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2005-sl-1.332/go.2003.18.8.jpg

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Full citation: "Beige Nagoya-style obi with landscapes painted by Takizawa Kôyû; Senshô Kasen and Takizawa Kôyû." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2005-sl-1.332/go.2003.18.8.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 09, 2024.