Purple haori with supplementary weft brocade woven bird-and-flowers designs / Artist Unknown, Japan
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.355
- Title
- Purple haori with supplementary weft brocade woven bird-and-flowers designs
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Medium and Support
- purple silk damask with woven designs
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1930-1939
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Japan (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
- Dimensions
- 81.5 cm x 135 cm (32 1/16 in. x 53 1/8 in.)
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Costume and Costume Accessory
- Primary Object Type
- haori
- Secondary Object Classification
- Textile
- Secondary Object Type
- brocade
- Physical Description
- Purple silk damask (rinzu) in T-paper pattern (sayagata), bokashi dyed so that the shoulders are a darker purple than the lower half of the haori. Woven designs of phoenixes, paulownia, cranes, chysanthemums, etc., incorporate metallic threads. Lining is orange and white silk. There are purple and white kumihimo (a kind of cord) with tassels.
- 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.
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- birds
- buildings and the land
- costume
- costume by form
- flowers (plants)
- herbaceous plants
- landscapes (environments)
- legendary creatures
- main garments
- main garments for the upper body
- natural landscapes
- objects we use
- plants
- settlements and landscapes
- vegetation and vegetation components
- vegetation components
- woody plants
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Record
- 2005/1.355
- Link to this Item
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"Purple haori with supplementary weft brocade woven bird-and-flowers designs; Artist Unknown, Japan." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2005-sl-1.355/2005_1_355frt.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 17, 2024.
