Haori (Kimono Jacket)
1930-1950 (made)
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The dark and restrained patterning of the outside of this kimono jacket, or haori, contrasts with the hand-painted landscape on the lining. The tendency to hide more extravagant designs under a sombre exterior has its historical roots in the sumptuary laws issued at various points during the Edo period (1615-1868) forbidding lower sections of society from wearing particular fabrics and using particular colours and decorative techniques. Those with money and style, however, found ways to circumvent such rules, and a fashion developed for wearing extravagant linings and under-garments. This taste for hidden and intimate beauty continued even when such laws were no longer enforced.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Woven silk, lining hand painted |
| Brief description | Haori (kimono jacket) for a man of woven silk, Japan, 1930-1950 |
| Physical description | Kimono jacket (haori) for a man. The garment is woven with black silk and black metallic thread in a subtle diamond pattern. Five mon (crests) of crossed feathers are printed onto the surface in white. The upper front and sleeves are lined with mid-blue silk. The upper back is lined with pale blue silk hand painted with a landscape scene of trees and mountains. |
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| Credit line | Given by Moe Co. Ltd. |
| Object history | Worn with kimono FE.147-2002. |
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| Summary | The dark and restrained patterning of the outside of this kimono jacket, or haori, contrasts with the hand-painted landscape on the lining. The tendency to hide more extravagant designs under a sombre exterior has its historical roots in the sumptuary laws issued at various points during the Edo period (1615-1868) forbidding lower sections of society from wearing particular fabrics and using particular colours and decorative techniques. Those with money and style, however, found ways to circumvent such rules, and a fashion developed for wearing extravagant linings and under-garments. This taste for hidden and intimate beauty continued even when such laws were no longer enforced. |
| Associated object | FE.147-2002 (Ensemble) |
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| Accession number | FE.148-2002 |
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| Record created | August 1, 2006 |
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