Kimono
1912-1926 (made)
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This beautiful garment bears the autumnal motif of rabbits playing among flowers and grasses by the light of a moon which shines softly down from the shoulder of the garment. The design has been created using a free-hand resist dyeing technique with special touches, such as the faces and ears of the rabbits, executed in silk embroidery. The ground fabric has been woven with a motif of clouds to suggest a night sky. This kimono may have been worn by a geisha.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Figured crepe, resist-dyeing, embroidery |
| Brief description | Tex, Japan, resist-dyed, unlined kimono with motif of rabbits, Taishō period |
| Physical description | Unlined kimono (hitoe) of figured crepe silk (mon chirimen) with freehand resist dyed (yūzen) and embroidered decoration of rabbits among flowers. |
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| Summary | This beautiful garment bears the autumnal motif of rabbits playing among flowers and grasses by the light of a moon which shines softly down from the shoulder of the garment. The design has been created using a free-hand resist dyeing technique with special touches, such as the faces and ears of the rabbits, executed in silk embroidery. The ground fabric has been woven with a motif of clouds to suggest a night sky. This kimono may have been worn by a geisha. |
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| Accession number | FE.23-2014 |
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| Record created | March 6, 2014 |
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