Kimono
1800-50 (made)
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Kimono for a girl of the samurai class to be worn on very formal occasions. The garment is decorated overall with a detailed landscape scene of flowers, flowing water and detail of a palatial veranda. This has been executed using a freehand paste-resist technique (yūzen), with the background being dyed a deep 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
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| Materials and techniques | Plain weave silk with freehand paste-resist dyeing (<i>yūzen</i>) |
| Brief description | Kimono for a girl, plain weave silk with freehand paste-resist dyed (yūzen), Kyoto, 1800-50 |
| Physical description | Kimono for a girl of the samurai class to be worn on very formal occasions. The garment is decorated overall with a detailed landscape scene of flowers, flowing water and detail of a palatial veranda. This has been executed using a freehand paste-resist technique (yūzen), with the background being dyed a deep 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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| Literary reference | The Tale of Genji |
| Bibliographic reference | Rout, Josephine, Japanese Dress in Detail, London: Thames & Hudson, 2020
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| Accession number | FE.191-2018 |
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| Record created | January 22, 2018 |
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