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Title

Formal gray crested kimono with shibori and embroidered shifuku (tea caddy pouch) designs

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

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

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1970-1979

Accession Number

2005/1.374

Medium and Support

gray twill silk with shibori and embroidery with silk and metallic thread

relevance

rank 28.91269

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Underkimono with Overall Shibori Design

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

Silk repp weave crepe with tie-dyed (shibori) design

Century

mid-20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1925-1940

Accession Number

2005/1.397

Medium and Support

Silk crepe with tie-dyed design

relevance

rank 28.77411

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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 28.77411

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Title

Obi

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

Beige silk with blue, orange and green squares.

Object Creation Date

20th century

Accession Number

2013/2.372

Medium and Support

silk, brocade

relevance

rank 27.64098

Secondary Keywords

costume

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Title

Shibori kimono with overall indigo dot pattern against mottled ground

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

White silk with bokashi mottled dye; then overall hitta miura shibori design. Lining is white silk with blue bokashi dye at hem and sleeves.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1970-1979

Accession Number

2005/1.362

Medium and Support

white silk with mottled aqua dye ground and overall tie-dye design

relevance

rank 27.50900

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Formal celadon-colored kimono with shibori pattern of waves at hem

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

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.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1960-1979

Accession Number

2005/1.372

Medium and Support

white silk with celadon tie-dye design

relevance

rank 27.50900

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Black shibori kimono with overall design with overall design of small dots (hitta kanoko shibori)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

White silk with tie-dye pattern in dark indigo. Lining is plain weave white silk above; plain weave gray silk below.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1950s-1970s

Accession Number

2005/1.363

Medium and Support

white silk with indigo tie-dye design

relevance

rank 27.50900

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Gray kimono with overall shibori indigo dot pattern and random dark blue lines

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

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.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1975-1985

Accession Number

2005/1.373

Medium and Support

gray silk with indigo tie dye design

relevance

rank 27.50900

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Purple shibori kimono with overall pattern of tiny squares in diagonal rows

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

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.

Century

mid-20th century

Object Creation Date

1930s-1940s

Accession Number

2005/1.376

Medium and Support

purple silk crepe with tie dye design

relevance

rank 27.22257

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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 26.50046

Secondary Keywords

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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 26.50046

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Dark indigo shibori haori

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

White silk hand tie-dyed with dark indigo, in two techniques: makiage shibori and kanako shibori. Cream or pale peach-colored plain weave silk lining. Cord silver and white braided silk (kumihimo)

Century

mid-20th century

Object Creation Date

1960s-1980s

Accession Number

2005/1.347

Medium and Support

white silk tie dyed dark indigo

relevance

rank 26.50046

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Kimono

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

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.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1960-1979

Accession Number

2005/1.360

Medium and Support

purple silk with tie dye floral design

relevance

rank 26.14261

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Title

Black kimono with overall shibori design of alternating diagonal columns of rectangular blocks of patterns against black ground

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

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.

Century

mid-20th century

Object Creation Date

1950s-1970s

Accession Number

2005/1.361

Medium and Support

white silk with black tie-dye design

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rank 25.66546

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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 25.53235

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