Kimono
1880-1920 (made)
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This kimono was made and worn by a woman living in Tsugaru, a peninsula in the very north of Honshû, the main island of Japan. It is woven with fine indigo-dyed ramie. The decorative panel on the upper part has been stitched in white with a diamond pattern, a technique known as kogin. If she was to make a good marriage it was essential that a Tsugaru woman master the skills of kogin, and training began at an early age. By her wedding day the bride was expected to have woven and embroidered a number of fine garments for herself and her future husband. These would be worn on special occasions.
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| Materials and techniques | Indigo-dyed plain weave ramie with a stitched cotton design |
| Brief description | Kimono, indigo-dyed plain weave ramie with white cotton stitched design, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, 1880-1920 |
| Physical description | Kimono of indigo blue asa (ramie) fibre. The top section of the body is decorated with white cotton horizontal stitching (kogin) in a diamond pattern counted out on the threads of the asa tabby weave ground. The decorated part has been separately inserted. This type of stitching is characteristic of the Tsugaru district of Aomori Prefecture. The top part of the collar band is reinforced with a strip of fabric in cotton and silk satin weave. The outside edge of each sleeve below the wrist opening is basted in alternate long and short running stitch with four thicknesses of white twisted yarn. |
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| Gallery label | Kimono for a woman
1880–1920
This kimono is woven from fine indigo-dyed ramie. The decorative panel was stitched in white cotton using an embroidery technique called kogin. The kimono was made in Tsugaru in northern Japan. By the time of her wedding day, a Tsugaru woman was expected to have woven and embroidered a number of such garments for herself and her husband.
Tsugaru, Aomori prefecture
Ramie with embroidery in cotton thread
Museum no. FE.141-1983
(04/11/2015) |
| Object history | Purchased. Registered File number 1982/1458. |
| Historical context | See Hauge, Takako & Hauge, Victor, Folk Traditions in Japanese Art, Tokyo/New York: Kodansha, 1978 page 145, plate 128 for a similar kimono. |
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| Summary | This kimono was made and worn by a woman living in Tsugaru, a peninsula in the very north of Honshû, the main island of Japan. It is woven with fine indigo-dyed ramie. The decorative panel on the upper part has been stitched in white with a diamond pattern, a technique known as kogin. If she was to make a good marriage it was essential that a Tsugaru woman master the skills of kogin, and training began at an early age. By her wedding day the bride was expected to have woven and embroidered a number of fine garments for herself and her future husband. These would be worn on special occasions. |
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| Accession number | FE.141-1983 |
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| Record created | December 15, 1999 |
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