Purple silk michiyuki coat / Artist Unknown, Japan
About this Item
Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.402
- Title
- Purple silk michiyuki coat
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Medium and Support
- mauve silk woven with metallic thread
- Object Creation Date
- 1960s-1980s
- Credit Line
- Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
- Dimensions
- 84 cm x 135 cm (33 1/16 in. x 53 1/8 in.)
- Century
- second half of 20th century
- Physical Description
- Mauve silk Michiyuki coat with subtle repeating wave-like lines made by metallic thread that cross each other on a diagonal. It features a straight lined trapezoidal shaped neckline, and two front buttons covered in the same mauve fabric. Lining with white silk with bokashi pale yellow design.
- Subject Matter
- Michiyuki may look like kimono, but are a specialized coat typified by square necklines and buttons down the front.
- Secondary Keywords
- animal material
- costume
- costume by form
- descriptors
- fibroinous material
- main garments
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Record
- 2005/1.402
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2005-sl-1.402/2005_1_402frt.jpg
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"Purple silk michiyuki coat; Artist Unknown, Japan." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2005-sl-1.402/2005_1_402frt.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 21, 2024.