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Kimono

1870-1900 (made)
Place of origin
Shuri (made)

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

Categories
Textiles
Children's Clothes
Fashion
Object type
Kimono
Materials and techniques
Bast-fibre (<i>asa</i>) with stencilled decoration (<i>bingata</i>)
Bast
Weaving
Stencilling
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.
Dimensions
  • Measured from top of collar to hem length: 950mm (Note: Measured by conservation)
  • Measured across sleeves width: 880mm (Note: Measured by conservation)
Styles
Edo
Meiji
Gallery label
(2023)
Child's robe

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.

Unknown maker
About 1880–1900
Shuri, Okinawa, Japan
Hand-stitched bast-fibre (asa) with stencilled decoration (bingata)
Museum no. T.21-1963

[Young V&A, Imagine Gallery, This is Me, short object label]
Object history
Purchased. Registered File number 1962/2747.
Subjects depicted
Birds
Geese
Bamboo
Bibliographic references
  • Sekai ni hokoru Ryukyu ocho bunka iho ten: Yoruppa Amerika hizo (Ryukuan art treasures from European and American collections), Okinawa, Urasoe Bijutsukan, 1992
  • Jackson, Anna, Japanese Country Textiles, London: V&A Publications, 1997. fig. 29
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
T.21-1963

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Record createdFebruary 12, 2000
Record URL
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