Formal gray crested kimono with embroidered designs of suzume odori figures dancing in the rain / Artist Unknown, Japan
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.382
- Title
- Formal gray crested kimono with embroidered designs of suzume odori figures dancing in the rain
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Medium and Support
- gray silk crepe with silk and metallic thread embroidery
- Object Creation Date
- 1970s - 1980s
- Credit Line
- Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
- Dimensions
- 153 cm x 135 cm (60 1/4 in. x 53 1/8 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Physical Description
- Gray silk crepe (repp weave) shot through with metallic threads, with silk and metallic thread embroidered design of figures doing the suzume odori (crow dance) in the rain (suzume odori). Lining is plain weave silk, white above and gray below.
- Subject Matter
- The suzume odori (sparrow dance) is said to have first been performed by stonemasons building Sendai castle for daimyo Date Masamune. The Date family crest is composed of two sparrows, and the dance is said to have mimicked the movements of the bird.
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- weather-related phenomena
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- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Record
- 2005/1.382
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"Formal gray crested kimono with embroidered designs of suzume odori figures dancing in the rain; Artist Unknown, Japan." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2005-sl-1.382/go.2003.18.58.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.
