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- Title
- Green summer crested kimono with shibori (tie-dyed) pattern of vertical stripes and maybe wax-resisted cloud designs
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- White silk crepe (repp weave) unlined summer kimono with green shibori (tie-dyed) pattern of vertical stripes and maybe wax-resisted cloud design. Vertical lines look a bit like wood-grain.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1980-1989
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.387
- Medium and Support
- white silk crepe with green tie-dyed design
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Ivory maru obi with woven pattern of gold paulownia (kiri) flowers
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Maru obi with ivory colored sateen weave silk (shusu) with large woven paulownia designs in gold-leafed paper (kinran)
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1975
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.328
- Medium and Support
- ivory colored sateen weave silk with large woven designs in gold-leafed paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Blue kimono with geometric design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Female dark blue kimono with woven ikat design in tan collar. Lining is red and yellow.
- Century
- Early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.5
- Medium and Support
- silk
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Black Nagoya -style obi with woven design of decorative spools (itomaki)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Black plain-weave silk (shusu) with woven designs in turquoise, fuschia, white, apricot, red, pink, and gold- and silver- coated paper (kinran, ginran). Lined with black satin.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1930s-1950s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.343
- Medium and Support
- black colored silk with gold and silver wrapped thread
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Summer crested kimono with orchid design on purple crackled ground (hibiware)
- Artist
- Minagawa Gekka
- 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.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1892-1987
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.359
- Medium and Support
- crepe silk with wax-resist pattern, hand-painted designs, and embroidery
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Black kimono with painted and gilt floral designs
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- This black silk crepe kimono is decorated with chrysanthemum motifs, and has an inner red lining.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1940s-1950s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.389
- Medium and Support
- silk crepe with painted designs
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Saga nishiki style brocade reversible fukuro obi; one side with woven gold medallions on lime green; the other with woven gold medallions on white
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Reversible brocade obi with medallion patterns in gold-leafed paper (kinran) and pale yellow silk floss.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1940s-1960s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.329
- Medium and Support
- brocade with patterns executed in gold-leafed paper and silk floss
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Collar for Kimono (replacement)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Beige kimono collar with red, blue and green vegetal designs
- Century
- Early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.6
- Medium and Support
- silk
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Red brocade fukuro obi with woven pattern of colorful medallions against a field of wavy gold stripes (tatewaku)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- This is made of a thick brocade of red, gold and silver. Medallion patterns and wavy stripes are woven through the entirety of the fabric, rather than halfway, as is common in less intricate obi. Medallion motifs of tortoise shells, flowers, and bamboo leaves are spaced among the golden waves across the fabric.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1950s-1960s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.344
- Medium and Support
- red silk with woven and embroidered design and gold wrapped thread
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Tatsumura brocade fukuro obi with woven pattern of Central Asian paired ducks
- Artist
- Tatsumura Silk Studio
- Physical Description
- Terracotta-colored plain weave silk with woven pattern of paired ducks within lozenge-shaped floral scrolls; brocade done in thick white, light blue, and apricot silk floss; turquoise and purple-metallic-wrapped threads; and kinran (metallic coated paper) in two shades of gold.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1960s-1970s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.336
- Medium and Support
- silk with woven patterns in silk floss, metallic wrapped threads and kinran
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Black kimono with the character kotobuki in several scripts, in deep red
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Silk crepe dyed black with areas of wax-resist in the shape of kotobuki characters. These characters were brushed with red, which matches the inner red lining of momi plain weave silk above with persimmon silk crepe below.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1940s-1950s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.390
- Medium and Support
- black silk crepe with red paint
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Black Nagoya-style obi with embroidered pine needle designs in gold- and copper-colored metallic threads
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Black silk damask with some interwoved black lacquered threads; pine-needle design embroidery in gold- and copper-colored metallic threads
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1960s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.330
- Medium and Support
- black silk damask with mettalic thread embroidery
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Uchikake (wedding cloak)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.313.2
- Medium and Support
- silk
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Beige and brown Shibori haori with abstract design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- White silk with yokobiki kanoko dyed pattern with contrasting beige/brown tatebiki kanoko dyed pattern.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950-1960
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.346
- Medium and Support
- white silk with brown design and yellow and white silk lining
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Miter-shaped hat with embroidery
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African
- Physical Description
- Red, felt, miter-shaped hat with lateral flaps that terminate in gold-colored tassles. An internal wood frame sewn inot the central "spine" of the hat keeps its peaked shape. Two figures are delicately embroidered with yellow thread, one on each side of the hat. The figre on its left resembles a lizard with a small round head and long tail. The figure on the right is human and appears to be wearing a costume. A narrow strip of green fabric covers the extermal, central spine or seam of the hat. The hat's interior is green.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1925-1975
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.172
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Light blue crested kimono with woven hexagonal pattern, enhanced by painted and gilded designs and appliquéd Saga brocade.
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Silk crepe with yûzen (painted) and surihaku (gold foil) designs and appliquéd patches of Saga brocade, all in hexagonal shapes to match the damask weave of the ground cloth.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1970-1979
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.391
- Medium and Support
- silk crepe with painted, gilt, and embroidered designs
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Black Nagoya-style obi in sateen weave (shusu) with embroidered plum blossom designs
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Black silk damask with interwoven paulownia pattern; plum blossoms embroidered in solver, gold, and gunmetal gray metallic threads, and persimmon, brown, and black silk threads.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1930s-1950s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.331
- Medium and Support
- silk damask with woven pattern and metallic thread embroidery
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Kimono
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Lavender with bright red silk lining, images of clouds and figures throughout.
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.389
- Medium and Support
- silk, brocade
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Dark indigo Shibori haori with lining depicting children at play
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- This haori demponstrates a variety of geometric patterns of repeating white shapes against a dark indigo ground. It also has an inner silk lining.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1960s-1980s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.348
- Medium and Support
- white silk tie-dyed dark indigo
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Chief's hat
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Bamileke Peoples, Cameroon
- Physical Description
- Miter-shaped hat with double layer of fabric made from whorls of light-colored cotton applique on dark green velveteen ground. Sides of hat terminate in red tassels. Front edge of hat is trimmed with red fabric.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1925-1975
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.171
- Medium and Support
- cotton appliqué with tassels
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Dark purple kimono with overall jacquard woven pattern of chrysanthemums in dark brown, silver, and gold
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Silk crepe repp with interwoven brown and silver- and gold-colored synthetic metallic threads in the design of chrysanthemum blossoms. Lining is plain weave silk for upper half; purple for lower half and inner cuffs.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1930s-1950s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.393
- Medium and Support
- silk crepe with interwoven brown and silver- and gold- coated threads
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Black silk gauze fukuro obi with large woven floral 'hosoge' medallions
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Black silk leno weave (gauze) fukuro obi; floral medallion patterns woven in lacquered red, gold-coated paper (kinran). and a synthetic turquoise metal-coated paper.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1960s-1980s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.334
- Medium and Support
- silk leno weave (gauze) with patterns woven in coated paper
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Obi
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Light beige in color with orange, gold and blue brocade pattern.
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2013/2.376
- Medium and Support
- silk, brocade
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Purple haori with supplementary weft brocade woven bird-and-flowers designs
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Purple silk damask (rinzu) in T-paper pattern (sayagata), bokashi dyed so that the shoulders are a darker purple than the lower half of the haori. Woven designs of phoenixes, paulownia, cranes, chysanthemums, etc., incorporate metallic threads. Lining is orange and white silk. There are purple and white kumihimo (a kind of cord) with tassels.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1930-1939
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.355
- Medium and Support
- purple silk damask with woven designs
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Wedding Jacket
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1989/2.66
- Medium and Support
- embroidered silk
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Moire silk michiyuki coat
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- This michiyuki features a cloud design with a shimmering effect created by the layering of silk material. Blue, green, and turquoise clouds are painted in an alternating pattern without touching one another, and appear to shimmer from behind a transparent blue painted silk overlay.
- Century
- second half of 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1970s - 1990s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.403
- Medium and Support
- dark burgundy silk with green, blue, and purple dyed clouds
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Saga brocade obi with woven designs of poetry-inscribed fans
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Light mauve silk with appliqued Saga brocade patches of gold fans with calligraphic poetry on them. The calligraphy has been brushed on paper with gold flecks (sunago). which is the weft of the Saga brocade; brown silk thread is the warp. Partially backed with a different silk, a taupe with deliberately knotted weft; reamainder backed with plain-weave taupe silk.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1940s-1950s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.335
- Medium and Support
- silk with appliquéd Saga brocade patches
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Beige Obi with wax-resist overall patterns of rust stripes, interrupted by wax-resist and embroidered designs of floral scrolls
- Artist
- Minagawa Gekka
- Physical Description
- The obi is made of plain silk, on which beige and brown stripes are pattern-dyed. Scrolls of exotic flowers and leaves are hand painted with orange and black color, and embroidered with metallic threads. These plant designs are located on two parts of the obi; when wearing, one will appear in front, and other will appear on the back bow. There is a hand-painted artist’s seal of Chinese character “moon” on one end of the obi.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1892-1987
- Century
- Mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.325
- Medium and Support
- Plain-weave silk with wax-resist pattern, hand-painted designs, and embroidery
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Saga brocade obijime (obi cord) in green, red, white and gold
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Braided silk brocade with green, red, white and gold-covered threads; no tassels
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1960-1980
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.364
- Medium and Support
- saga nishiki brocade silk with green, red and white silk & gold-coated threads
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Woman's Robe
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1987/1.349
- Medium and Support
- polychrome embroidered pattern on silk
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Obi
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Gray obi with light blue wavy design that looks like a river with dark blue ripples. White flower petals float alongside the river, and so do five designs that appear to be hooded cloaks or pieces of cloth.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2009/1.543
- Medium and Support
- silk
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Pink fukuro obi with woven designs of green and white plants and landscapes in hexagonal medallions
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Fukuro obi made from pink silk with hexagonal medallion pattern. Inside the medallions are images of plants and abbreviated landscapes.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2nd quarter of 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.337
- Medium and Support
- pink silk with woven designs in green and white
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Nagoya-style Obi with wax-resist overall pattern of crackled pink-on-white, interrupted by wax-resist and embroidered designs of colorful tropical orchids
- Artist
- Minagawa Gekka
- Physical Description
- The obi is made of satin damask silk woven with “flower in tortoise-shell” patterns. “Cracked ice” pattern in red is dyed with wax-resist technique. Orchid flowers, leaves, ginger leaves, and ferns are hand painted in white, yellow, black, red, and green. Silver threads are embroidered in the rim of orchid flowers and other plants; more colored metallic and velvet threads are applied. The “cracked ice” patterns are broader adjacent to plants and red dye outlines them; that suggests that the artist designed flowers and foliage before the wax-resist application. The plant designs are located on two parts of the obi; when wearing, one will appear in front, and other will appear on the back bow.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1892-1987
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.326
- Medium and Support
- satin damask silk with wax-resist pattern, hand-painted designs, and embroidery
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Obi-jime (obi cord)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Cord made of thin woven silver metallic thread.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1960s-1980s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.366
- Medium and Support
- woven silver mettalic thread
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Brocade obijime (obi cord) with a tassel
- Artist
- Dômyô
- Physical Description
- Kumihimo (braided) silk brocade with silver metallic threads.
- Artist Life Dates
- kumihimo atelier, Kyoto, Japan
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1960s-1980s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.365
- Medium and Support
- braided silk cord with silver metallic threads
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Kimono
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Summer linen kimono with stenciled patterns of water wheels.
- Century
- Early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.1
- Medium and Support
- linen
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Silvery white hitoe obi for summer with appliquéd patches of Saga brocade with rhododendrum blossom (shakunage) design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Single layer (hitoe) white silk weft with silver-coated threads for warp; appliqued patches in kinran brocade (paper, coated with gold in several tones) featuring rhododendrum blossoms.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1960s-1970s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.338
- Medium and Support
- silk thread weft with silver-coated threads for warp, appliquéd patches
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Mauve and periwinkle crested haori with wax-resist designs of floral clusters and embroidery in metallic threads
- Artist
- Minagawa Gekka
- Physical Description
- Overall wax-resist dyed pattern of crackled pale mauve on periwinkle ground, decorated with wax-resist dyed patterns of foral clusters in red, yellow, purple and white, and embroidery in gold, silver, and red metallic threads. White plain weave silk lining with wax-resist designs of fabric samples, predominantly red, blue, and gold. Silver and red red cords with tassles. Crest on the back of paired oak leaves (kashiwa) embroidered with gold couched threads and red and white bokashi silk thread.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1892-1987
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.350
- Medium and Support
- crepe silk with colorful wax resist design and metallic thread embroidery
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Black saga brocade zôri (shoes)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Black silk damask with interwoven black lacquered threads that create a shiny effect in the light. Marked "Shizuko" on the bottom.
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1960s-1980s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.370A&B
- Medium and Support
- black saga nishiki brocade uppers with rubber soles
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Crewel Embroidery
- Artist
- Anonymous French or British?
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1800-1810
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.331
- Medium and Support
- wool
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Kimono with floral design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Yellow silk kimono with multi-colored flowers and grass
- Century
- Early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.2
- Medium and Support
- silk
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Olive Nagoya-style obi with wax-resist dyed floral medallions in white, rose, green, and blue
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Olive colored silk with wax-resist dyed (rokutsuzome) floral patterns in white, rose, green, and blue; floral patterns further embellished with embroidery originally in white thread, dyed at the same time as floral patterns. Embroidery thread sometimes shot with some strands of gold.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1930s-1940s
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.339
- Medium and Support
- olive colored silk with wax resist and embroidered patterns
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Black crested haori with faux-resist dyed designs of chrysanthemum arabesques in yellow, red, and blue on crackled orange ground with embroidery
- Artist
- Minagawa Gekka
- Physical Description
- It is a black silk damask haori (short jacket for kimono) with wax-resist patterns, hand-painted design and metallic threads embroidery. The haori is in medium length, covering just underneath hip. It has elongated sleeves. The silk fabric is woven in a twill pattern of palace carts and flower baskets. Then the fabric is dyed with black. The white family crest under the collar and the diagonal part where chrysanthemum design would appear are left out from dying. The pinkish orange scale pattern is added using wax-resist technique. Chrysanthemum design is hand-painted with white, red, yellow, and blue colors. Finally embroidery is added in various metallic threads around the contours of the chrysanthemum petals and leaves.
- Orange satin damask lining with woven wave design, with stenciled (?) designs of white flying cranes. Silver cord on one side, gold on the other, both with tassels.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1892-1987
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.351
- Medium and Support
- Black damask silk with wax-resist pattern, hand-painted designs, and embroidery
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Saga brocade zôri (shoes) woven in sayagata
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Multicolored silk with gold and silver threads, woven in T-paper (sayagata) pattern
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.371A&B
- Medium and Support
- multicolored silk with gold- and silver-coated paper threads, woven in sayagata
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Picchvai
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Physical Description
- Painting on cloth in an array of colors that depicts a religious scene. There are assorted animals such as monkeys and cows with red hand prints on them.
- There is a river at the fore of the painting with flowers and lily pads in it. The painting has a colorful floral border.
- Century
- 18th-19th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1700-1850
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.288
- Medium and Support
- ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on cloth
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Kimono
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Silk dyed with a black background and festive drum and flower designs in the bottom portion. Three family crests below shoulders and back collor.
- Century
- Early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2009/2.3
- Medium and Support
- silk
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Nagoya-style green and pink obi with woven pattern of red and gold floral medallions
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Pink plain weave silk (half) and lime green brocade with woven crackle pattern in off-white (half); woven medallions in white, light red & dark red silk, and gold-wrapped threads.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 2nd quarter of 20th century
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.340
- Medium and Support
- pink silk with green brocade and metallic and silk thread embroidery
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Crested kimono with elaborate floral wax resist designs (hageito, nandina, biwa, camelia, daffodils, omoto, plums, thistles) against crackled pink-on-taupe ground, with embroidery in metallic threads
- Artist
- Minagawa Gekka
- Physical Description
- It is a pink 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 pink, leaving the family crest under the collar and the floral design part white. The red scale pattern is added using wax-resist technique. Then the design of multiple kinds of plants is hand-painted with white, red, yellow, and pale and blue green colors. There are mix of fall and winter flowers and trees: nandin on the left sleeve, plum, chrysanthemums, thistles, amaranths, camellias and narcissus on the front and back, makino (Chloranthus glaber, with red berries) and more camellias on the right sleeve. Embroidery is added in various metallic threads around the contours of flowers and leaves.
- Artist Life Dates
- 1892-1987
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.357
- Medium and Support
- crepe silk with wax-resist pattern, hand-painted designs, and embroidery
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Formal mauve crested kimono with painted palace scene
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- Mauve (adzuki iro) silk damask in woven T-diaper pattern (sayagata) with yûzen painted and stenciled gold designs. Upper lining is double-layered white silk; below is self-lined (mauve-kimono silk).
- Century
- mid-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1975
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.381
- Medium and Support
- mauve silk damask with woven diaper pattern and gold designs
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Mauve-and-gold brocade obi with woven chrysanthemum scroll pattern
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Physical Description
- One continuous length of cloth, doubled back on itself for lining. The front side has a brocade chysanthemum design woven in gold-wrapped thread in three tones. Lozenge pattern with gold-wrapped threads for weft woven throughout.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1975
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.327
- Medium and Support
- silk brocade woven in lozenge pattern with gold-wrapped threads
- relevance
- rank 0.00000