Red kimono with stenciled dot pattern and woven brocade patches / Artist Unknown, Japan
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.375
- Title
- Red kimono with stenciled dot pattern and woven brocade patches
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Medium and Support
- white silk with red stencil design and brocade patches
- Object Creation Date
- 1930s-1940s
- Credit Line
- Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
- Dimensions
- 151.5 cm x 135 cm (59 5/8 in. x 53 1/8 in.)
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Physical Description
- White silk with stenciled (katazone) hitta kanoko design in red, and woven brocade patches using paper strips coated in black and red lacquer and silver (ginran). Upper half of lining is red plain weave silk (momi); lower half is lime green silk damask (rinsu), woven in T-diaper pattern (suyagata).
- Subject Matter
- Momi, the plain red lining on the upper half of the kimono, was originally achieved with safflowers, and considered to have medicinal properties. This made momi an excellent choice for linings, which were usually done in a plain weave.
- Secondary Keywords
- patterning
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- weft patterning
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Record
- 2005/1.375
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2005-sl-1.375/go.2003.18.51.jpg
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"Red kimono with stenciled dot pattern and woven brocade patches; Artist Unknown, Japan." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2005-sl-1.375/go.2003.18.51.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.