Formal crested lavender kimono with woven brocade and embroidered island and cloud designs / Artist Unknown, Japan
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.379
- Title
- Formal crested lavender kimono with woven brocade and embroidered island and cloud designs
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Object Creation Date
- 1960s-1980s
- Credit Line
- Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
- Period
- Japan, Showa Era (1926-1989)
- Dimensions
- 160 cm x 135 cm (63 in. x 53 1/8 in.)
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Physical Description
- Lavender silk crepe damask (rinsu) with woven mottled cloud-like pattern; designs in surihaku over yûzen: brocade and silk metallic thread embroidery. Lining is plain weave white silk above, second inner lining of white satin damask with woven design of chysanthemums on sayagata ground below. Lined with kimono fabric.
- Subject Matter
- The yûzen tie-dyed design simulates the shibori effect. Shibori is a labor intensive technique, in which hundreds of hours would have been spent tying up each small section where white can be seen on the fabric before immersing it in dye. Shibori textiles are very expensive due to the time and skill required to produce them. Saga brocade is also simulated with surihaku, embroidery, and yûzen.
- Secondary Keywords
- patterning
- relation to water
- buildings and the land
- costume
- costume by form
- descriptors
- design elements
- landforms
- landforms and landform components
- landforms by position
- landforms by shape or position
- landscapes (environments)
- main garments
- natural landscapes
- needleworking
- needleworking and needleworking techniques
- objects we use
- patterns (design elements)
- patterns by specific type
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by material
- processes and techniques by specific type
- settlements and landscapes
- textile construction processes and techniques
- textile processes and techniques
- textile weaving processes and techniques
- textile weaving techniques
- textile working processes and techniques
- weft patterning
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Record
- 2005/1.379
- Link to this Item
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"Formal crested lavender kimono with woven brocade and embroidered island and cloud designs; Artist Unknown, Japan." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2005-sl-1.379/go.2003.18.55.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.
