Kimono
1850-70 (made)
| Place of origin |
Furisode (swinging sleeve kimono) of ro, a type of gauze weave silk in which rows of plain weave are interspersed at regular intervals with a row where the wefts are twisted. This gives the effect of a stripe in the fabric. The garment is patterned using freehand paste-resist dyeing (yūzen). The motif of Amanohashidate, one of Japan’s most famous landscapes, appears only near the hem and the sleeve ends and is mostly focussed on the front. There are five crests.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Gauze silk, resist-dyed |
| Brief description | Tex, Japan, resist-dyed, grey ro, with design of landscape at hem |
| Physical description | Furisode (swinging sleeve kimono) of ro, a type of gauze weave silk in which rows of plain weave are interspersed at regular intervals with a row where the wefts are twisted. This gives the effect of a stripe in the fabric. The garment is patterned using freehand paste-resist dyeing (yūzen). The motif of Amanohashidate, one of Japan’s most famous landscapes, appears only near the hem and the sleeve ends and is mostly focussed on the front. There are five crests. |
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| Gallery label | By the mid-19th century, sleeves for young women had lengthened. Waist sashes (obi) had also widened considerably. Elaborately tied at the back, they had become an important element in the clothing ensemble. Patterns on kimono subsequently moved to the front of the garment. This fabric is ro, a type of gauze. Its use enhances the effect of mist rolling across the pine-clad sand spit of Amanohashidate, one of Japan's celebrated landscapes. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | FE.194-2018 |
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| Record created | January 22, 2018 |
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