Check for portfolio | Record | Title | Artist | Physical Description | Artist Life Dates | Century | Object Creation Date | Accession Number | Medium and Support | Artist Nationality |
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Black jacquard woven haori with woven design of bird-and-flower motifs |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
Heavy black crepe silk with woven designs in lacquered rust-colored, silver, and gold metallic threads. Hand-painted design of Noh actors on light peach lining. |
mid-20th century |
1960s-1970s |
2005/1.354 |
heavy black silk with woven designs in rust, silver and gold mettalic threads |
Japanese |
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Purple haori with supplementary weft brocade woven bird-and-flowers designs |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
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. |
mid-20th century |
circa 1930-1939 |
2005/1.355 |
purple silk damask with woven designs |
Japanese |
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Black crested haori with yûzen painted origami crane design |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
Black crepe silk with origame crane designs hand-painted by paste-resist yûzen techinique, in colors and gold pigment. Lining is pink silk damask with woven pattern of truncated floral medallions. Double oak leaf crest (kashiwa) is embroidered with bokashi-dyed blue and white thread. |
mid-20th century |
1940s-1960s |
2005/1.356 |
black crepe silk with painted design |
Japanese |
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Kimono |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
Purple silk damask with hitome kanoko floral design in graduated scale, from small at collar to large at hem. Lining is plain white silk at the top, the lower third and sleeve ends are purple. |
20th century |
circa 1960-1979 |
2005/1.360 |
purple silk with tie dye floral design |
Japanese |
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Black kimono with overall shibori design of alternating diagonal columns of rectangular blocks of patterns against black ground |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
White plain-weave with overall black tie-dye design (black acid dye) in hitta kanoko. The pattern consists of rectangular blocks of densely-packed tie-dye knots in rows of 5 x 12. Lining is plain weave white silk with bokashi blue borders. |
mid-20th century |
1950s-1970s |
2005/1.361 |
white silk with black tie-dye design |
Japanese |
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Shibori kimono with overall indigo dot pattern against mottled ground |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
White silk with bokashi mottled dye; then overall hitta miura shibori design. Lining is white silk with blue bokashi dye at hem and sleeves. |
20th century |
1970-1979 |
2005/1.362 |
white silk with mottled aqua dye ground and overall tie-dye design |
Japanese |
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Black shibori kimono with overall design with overall design of small dots (hitta kanoko shibori) |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
White silk with tie-dye pattern in dark indigo. Lining is plain weave white silk above; plain weave gray silk below. |
20th century |
1950s-1970s |
2005/1.363 |
white silk with indigo tie-dye design |
Japanese |
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Saga brocade obijime (obi cord) in green, red, white and gold |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
Braided silk brocade with green, red, white and gold-covered threads; no tassels |
20th century |
circa 1960-1980 |
2005/1.364 |
saga nishiki brocade silk with green, red and white silk & gold-coated threads |
Japanese |
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Obi-jime (obi cord) |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
Cord made of thin woven silver metallic thread. |
mid-20th century |
1960s-1980s |
2005/1.366 |
woven silver mettalic thread |
Japanese |
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Obidome (obi brooch) with iris design in inlaid stone |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
Gold-toned metal with inlaid stone (pietra dura) design on face, cut-out iris on reverse, |
20th century |
circa 1925-1940 |
2005/1.367 |
gold-toned metal with stone inlay (pietra dura) |
Japanese |
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Obidome (obi brooch) in shape of dancing lion |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
Metal lion with flowing mane and tail. Gold inlaid spits decorate his body and color his eyes. The lion's head is thrown impossibly backwards, allowing a view of the head as if from above. The golden eyes look upwards. |
Second half of 20th century |
circa 1950-1975 |
2005/1.368 |
metal with gold inlay |
Japanese |
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Black saga brocade zôri (shoes) |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
Black silk damask with interwoven black lacquered threads that create a shiny effect in the light. Marked "Shizuko" on the bottom. |
mid-20th century |
1960s-1980s |
2005/1.370A&B |
black saga nishiki brocade uppers with rubber soles |
Japanese |
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Saga brocade zôri (shoes) woven in sayagata |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
Multicolored silk with gold and silver threads, woven in T-paper (sayagata) pattern |
mid-20th century |
mid 20th century |
2005/1.371A&B |
multicolored silk with gold- and silver-coated paper threads, woven in sayagata |
Japanese |
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Formal celadon-colored kimono with shibori pattern of waves at hem |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
Gray-green silk with tie-dye design in hitta kanoko technique. The bottom is decorated with a shibori wave pattern. Lining is plain weave white silk above; white at top, gray at bottom and sleeve ends. |
20th century |
1960-1979 |
2005/1.372 |
white silk with celadon tie-dye design |
Japanese |
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Gray kimono with overall shibori indigo dot pattern and random dark blue lines |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
Gray silk with indigo tie-dye hitta mura pattern cut across with diagonal wavy lines of dark blue. Lining is plain-weave white silk with blue bokashi at sleeve ends and hem. |
20th century |
circa 1975-1985 |
2005/1.373 |
gray silk with indigo tie dye design |
Japanese |
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Formal gray crested kimono with shibori and embroidered shifuku (tea caddy pouch) designs |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
Gray silk damask woven in an arare pattern, with partial hon hitta shibori designs and shifuku (tea caddy pouch) design embroidered with silk and metallic thread |
20th century |
circa 1970-1979 |
2005/1.374 |
gray twill silk with shibori and embroidery with silk and metallic thread |
Japanese |
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Red kimono with stenciled dot pattern and woven brocade patches |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
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). |
mid-20th century |
1930s-1940s |
2005/1.375 |
white silk with red stencil design and brocade patches |
Japanese |
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Purple shibori kimono with overall pattern of tiny squares in diagonal rows |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
Purple silk crepe with hitta miura and hand tie-dyed design achieving the effect of many diagonal rows of tiny squares. Upper lining is plain weave momi (red silk) and lower and cuff linings are mauve pink. |
mid-20th century |
1930s-1940s |
2005/1.376 |
purple silk crepe with tie dye design |
Japanese |
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Formal five-crested kimono with painted, gilt, and embroidered design of pine islands among waves |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
Black silk crepe with yuzen (paste-resist hand-painted), surihaku (silt) and embroidered designs. Five crests done in reserve (appears as white on black). Lining is plain-weave white satin for the entire length of the kimono. Collar, upper torso, and sleeves have a double lining. |
mid-20th century |
1970s - early 1990s |
2005/1.377 |
black silk crepe with painted, gilt and embroidered designs |
Japanese |
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Formal gray kimono with gilt, embroidered and appliquéd saga brocade cloud designs |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
Gray silk damask with surihaku (gilt), embroidered and appliquéd brocade designs, bordered in couched gold-wrapped threads. Lining is plain weave silk, white above and gray below. Has double oak-leaf (kashiwa) crest embroidered in gold thread. |
mid-20th century |
1960s-1980s |
2005/1.378 |
gray twill silk with brocade and embroidery designs |
Japanese |
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Formal crested lavender kimono with woven brocade and embroidered island and cloud designs |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
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. |
mid-20th century |
1960s-1980s |
2005/1.379 |
lavender silk crepe with woven brocade and silk and mettalic thread embroidery |
Japanese |
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Formal saga nishiki lavender hitoe kimono with brocade patches |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
Lavender silk damask with woven chysanthemum design; painted with gold streaks (cloud patterns) and appliquéd patches of Saga brocade; borders with couched gold-wrapped threads. |
mid-20th century |
1950s-1960s |
2005/1.380 |
lavender silk painted with gold streaks and appliquéd Saga brocade patches |
Japanese |
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Formal mauve crested kimono with painted palace scene |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
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). |
mid-20th century |
circa 1975 |
2005/1.381 |
mauve silk damask with woven diaper pattern and gold designs |
Japanese |
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Formal gray crested kimono with embroidered designs of suzume odori figures dancing in the rain |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
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. |
20th century |
1970s - 1980s |
2005/1.382 |
gray silk crepe with silk and metallic thread embroidery |
Japanese |
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Khaki-colored koma-rinzu kimono with overall pattern of small silver flowers |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
Silk crepe (repp weave) interwoven with synthetic silver threads. Lining is plain weave silk: white above and gray below. |
mid-20th century |
1920s - 1940s |
2005/1.383 |
silk crepe interwoven with synthetic silver threads |
Japanese |
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Dusty rose (azuki iro) crested kimono with subtle woven landscape patterns |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
Silk crepe damask with woven design of tiny mountain landscapes. Lining is plain weave silk, white above and pale rose below. |
mid-20th century |
1960s-1980s |
2005/1.384 |
silk crepe with woven design |
Japanese |
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Multicolored kimono embroidered with autumn flowers |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
Light gray tango chirimen (silk crepe) damask with woven lozenge pattern; over this, paste-resist dyed "splotches" in blue, green and brown. Finally, embroidered autumn flowers: ominaeshi, hagi, chrysanthemums. Lining is plain weave silk, white above and butterscotch color below. |
20th century |
1977 |
2005/1.385 |
silk crepe with woven designs |
Japanese |
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Lavender kimono with overall woven pattern of a Hannya shinkyo text |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
Figured satin weave lavender silk with vertical Hannya shinko text. |
mid-20th century |
circa 1985 |
2005/1.386 |
silk with woven design of Chinese characters |
Japanese |
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Green summer crested kimono with shibori (tie-dyed) pattern of vertical stripes and maybe wax-resisted cloud designs |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
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. |
20th century |
circa 1980-1989 |
2005/1.387 |
white silk crepe with green tie-dyed design |
Japanese |
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Dark green kimono with wax-resist white lines |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
White silk crepe with mottled green ground and white lines achieved through hand-applied discharge paste (hako roketsu). Lining is plain weave silk, white above and green below. |
second half of 20th century |
circa 1985 |
2005/1.388 |
white silk with tye-dyed mottled green ground and wax resist white lines |
Japanese |
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Black kimono with painted and gilt floral designs |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
This black silk crepe kimono is decorated with chrysanthemum motifs, and has an inner red lining. |
mid-20th century |
1940s-1950s |
2005/1.389 |
silk crepe with painted designs |
Japanese |
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Black kimono with the character kotobuki in several scripts, in deep red |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
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. |
mid-20th century |
1940s-1950s |
2005/1.390 |
black silk crepe with red paint |
Japanese |
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Light blue crested kimono with woven hexagonal pattern, enhanced by painted and gilded designs and appliquéd Saga brocade. |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
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. |
20th century |
circa 1970-1979 |
2005/1.391 |
silk crepe with painted, gilt, and embroidered designs |
Japanese |
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Kimono with overall woven pattern of assorted flowers |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
mid-20th century |
1920s - 1940s |
2005/1.392 |
silk crepe twill with interwoven silver and dark purple threads |
Japanese |
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Dark purple kimono with overall jacquard woven pattern of chrysanthemums in dark brown, silver, and gold |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
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. |
mid-20th century |
1930s-1950s |
2005/1.393 |
silk crepe with interwoven brown and silver- and gold- coated threads |
Japanese |
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Silk underkimono with bokashi dye in large squares of aqua and white |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
Silk crepe damask with alternating weaves in checkerboard design |
mid-20th century |
1960s-1980s |
2005/1.394 |
Silk crepe with twill geometric design |
Japanese |
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Pale yellow silk underkimono with designs of maple leaves |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
Silk crepe with woven satin maple leaf designs ("crepe-backed satin") enhanced by hand-painted yellow accents. Sleeves are lined and main part of body is not. |
second half of 20th century |
1960s-1980s |
2005/1.395 |
Silk crepe with woven and painted designs |
Japanese |
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Pale aqua silk underkimono with woven designs of fans scattered among waves |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
White neckband of leno weave in a stripe. Silk leno crepe with twill design of fans among waves. |
second half of 20th century |
2nd half of 20th century |
2005/1.396 |
Silk crepe with twill design of fans among waves |
Japanese |
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Underkimono with Overall Shibori Design |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
Silk repp weave crepe with tie-dyed (shibori) design |
mid-20th century |
circa 1925-1940 |
2005/1.397 |
Silk crepe with tie-dyed design |
Japanese |
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Pink and white silk bokashi-dyed underkimono with woven designs of triangles |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
Satin damask with twill triangular designs (heike uroko) and bird crests (?) and talsimanic arrows (hung with bells). Unlined but with deep hem and lined sleeves. |
second half of 20th century |
1960s-1980s |
2005/1.398 |
Satin damask with twill designs |
Japanese |
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White Satin Underkimono with Woven Auspicious Designs |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
Satin damask woven designs of pine, bamboo, and plum (shochikubai) and the takarazukushi |
Second half of 20th century |
2nd half of 20th century |
2005/1.399 |
satin damask with woven designs |
Japanese |
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Black silk michiyuki coat with flower and vine design |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
This michiyuki is made from black velvet and features a subtle flower and vine design (peony karakusa scroll). The inside lining is gray silk. It has small buttons down the front. |
mid-20th century |
circa 1960s-1970s |
2005/1.400 |
black velvet with gray silk lining |
Japanese |
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Purple silk michiyuki coat |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
Silk Michiyuki coat with deep purple coloring (kinsha) on the top portion that transitions to shades of purples, pinks, and yellows on the bottom portion that has the appearance of puffy golden clouds ar sunrise. The inner lining is a crosswork of white and pink that matches the pinks in the outer garment (hakebiki). |
second half of 20th century |
1960s-1970s |
2005/1.401 |
purple dyed silk |
Japanese |
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Purple silk michiyuki coat |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
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. |
second half of 20th century |
1960s-1980s |
2005/1.402 |
mauve silk woven with metallic thread |
Japanese |
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Moire silk michiyuki coat |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
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. |
second half of 20th century |
1970s - 1990s |
2005/1.403 |
dark burgundy silk with green, blue, and purple dyed clouds |
Japanese |
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Black silk Dochugi kimono raincoat |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
Black dochugi raincoat with michiyuki style neckline and buttons down the front. |
second half of 20th century |
1960s-1970s |
2005/1.404 |
black satin damask with woven stripe design |
Japanese |
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Black satin Dochugi damask raincoat |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
This dochugi raincoat is made from black silk with flower patterns. The oval-shaped neckline is made from two arched lines that come together in a slight point on the right side, and has buttons down the front. |
mid-20th century |
1950s-1970s |
2005/1.405 |
black flower pattern silk |
Japanese |
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Jar |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
17th-19th century |
17th century - 19th century |
1973/2.37 |
stoneware with white slip and iron glaze painting |
Japanese |
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Jar with narrow foot and neck, wide mouth |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
1st-2nd century |
1st century - 2nd century |
1964/1.80 |
earthenware with black firing marks |
Japanese |
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Tansu (Chest) |
Artist Unknown, Japan |
19th century |
19th century |
2004/1.312 |
wood with iron fittings |
Japanese |