Kimono
1870-1900 (made)
| Place of origin |
Kimono for a child with modified sleeves. Blue bast-fibre (asa) with stencilled decoration (bingata) of birds, geese and bamboo beside a stream.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Bast-fibre (<i>asa</i>) with stencilled decoration (<i>bingata</i>) |
| Brief description | Kimono for a child, bast-fibre (asa) with stencilled decoration (bingata), Shuri, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 1870-1900 |
| Physical description | Kimono for a child with modified sleeves. Blue bast-fibre (asa) with stencilled decoration (bingata) of birds, geese and bamboo beside a stream. |
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| Gallery label | Robes like this are traditional in Japan. Their shape and decoration can express a person’s style or beliefs, and where they come from. This one was made on Okinawa, a Japanese island.
[Young V&A, Imagine Gallery short object label] (2023) |
| Object history | Purchased. Registered File number 1962/2747. |
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| Accession number | T.21-1963 |
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| Record created | February 12, 2000 |
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