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late 19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This length of kimono fabric has been patterned using a method known as kasuri. In this technique sections of yarn are bound or tightly compressed prior to being dyed. The dye does not penetrate these areas when the skein is dipped in the dye bath. The binding is then removed, leaving a yarn that is partly white and partly coloured. This is then used as the warp and/or the weft, and a pattern emerges as the cloth is woven. Great skill is required on the part of the dyer, and the weaver, to ensure that the design appears as planned.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Resist-dyed and woven bast fibre (<i>asa</i>)
Brief description
Panel of resist-dyed bast fibre, Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, late 19th century
Physical description
Egasuri ('picture kasuri') panel of bast fibre with a design of carp and waves reserved in white on indigo.
Dimensions
  • Length: 140.0cm
  • Width: 33cm
  • Length: 55in
  • Width: 13.25in
Dimensions in inches are from the register, those in centimetres are from digital records.
Production
Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Subject depicted
Summary
This length of kimono fabric has been patterned using a method known as kasuri. In this technique sections of yarn are bound or tightly compressed prior to being dyed. The dye does not penetrate these areas when the skein is dipped in the dye bath. The binding is then removed, leaving a yarn that is partly white and partly coloured. This is then used as the warp and/or the weft, and a pattern emerges as the cloth is woven. Great skill is required on the part of the dyer, and the weaver, to ensure that the design appears as planned.
Bibliographic reference
J. Earle (editor). Japanese art and design: the Toshiba gallery. London: V&A Publications, 1986. p.169
Collection
Accession number
T.99-1957

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Record createdFebruary 12, 2000
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