Summer crested kimono with orchid design on purple crackled ground (hibiware) / Minagawa Gekka
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.359
- Title
- Summer crested kimono with orchid design on purple crackled ground (hibiware)
- Artist
- Minagawa Gekka
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Artist Life Dates
- 1892-1987
- Medium and Support
- crepe silk with wax-resist pattern, hand-painted designs, and embroidery
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Japan (nation)
- Kinki (region)
- Kyoto (urban prefecture)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Kinki (region)
- Creation Place 4
- Kyoto (urban prefecture)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
- Dimensions
- 151 cm x 135 cm (59 7/16 in. x 53 1/8 in.)
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Costume and Costume Accessory
- Primary Object Type
- kimono
- Secondary Object Classification
- Textile
- Secondary Object Type
- embroidery
- Physical Description
- It is a grayish purple silk crepe kimono with wax-resist patterns, hand-painted design and metallic threads embroidery. The kimono is in full length and has elongated sleeves. The fabric is dyed with purple, leaving the family crest under the collar and the floral design part white. The dark purple scale pattern is added using wax-resist technique. Then the design of multiple kinds of plants is hand-painted with white, red, yellow, pale and blue green, and black colors. The half bottom of the family crest is also dyed with pink. There are mix of tropical flowers and foliage including four kinds of orchids, gladiolus, ferns, and ginger in red, yellow, green, purple, black and white hue. Embroidery is added in various metallic threads around the contours of flowers and leaves.
- Subject Matter
- Orchids are traditionally considered as symbols of virtuous person in East Asian cultures. But the colorful orchid flowers in this kimono are cultivated kinds, more recent imports to Japan; their flamboyant appearance conveys exotic feeling.
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- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Record
- 2005/1.359
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"Summer crested kimono with orchid design on purple crackled ground (hibiware); Minagawa Gekka." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2005-sl-1.359/2005_1_359frt.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 16, 2024.
