Kimono
1800-1850 (Made)
| Place of origin |
Outer kimono (uchikake) for a young, unmarried woman of the samurai class to be worn on very formal occasions. PLain weave silk crepe decorated with a detailed landscape scene of thatched buildings, boats, trees, flowers, and flowing water. This has been executed using a freehand paste-resist technique (yuzen) and embroidery, with the background being dyed a bright mid-blue. Some of the undyed areas have been left without further embellishment to create a particular design effect known as shiroage, or 'finishing off in white'
Object details
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Plain weave crepe silk with freehand paste-resist dyeing (<i>yuzen</i>) and embroidery |
| Brief description | Kimono, crepe silk with freehand resist-dyed (yuzen) and embroidered decoration of a landscape scene, Japan, 1800-1850 |
| Physical description | Outer kimono (uchikake) for a young, unmarried woman of the samurai class to be worn on very formal occasions. PLain weave silk crepe decorated with a detailed landscape scene of thatched buildings, boats, trees, flowers, and flowing water. This has been executed using a freehand paste-resist technique (yuzen) and embroidery, with the background being dyed a bright mid-blue. Some of the undyed areas have been left without further embellishment to create a particular design effect known as shiroage, or 'finishing off in white' |
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| Bibliographic reference | Miller, Lesley Ellis, and Ana Cabrera Lafuente, with Claire Allen-Johnstone, eds. Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2021. ISBN 978-0-500-48065-6.
This object features in the publication Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion (2021) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | FE.188-2018 |
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| Record created | January 22, 2018 |
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