Flight
Kimono and Stencil
1990 (made)
1990 (made)
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The dazzling design of this kimono was created using the stencil-resist dyeing, or katazome, technique. Its creator Matsubara Yoshichi, has developed a very individual method of working in which stencils of the same shape, but of diminishing size, are used in succession. Rice paste is applied through the largest stencil on to the fabric, which is then dipped in the indigo dye bath. The colour does not penetrate the area covered by the paste. The fabric dries, the paste is washed off and the whole process is repeated with the next stencil. Twenty-nine such stencils were used to create this particular, rather electrifying, design.
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Parts | This object consists of 30 parts.
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Title | Flight (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Plain weave crepe silk, stencil resist-dyeing (kimono); Mulberry paper (stencils) |
Brief description | Kimono, titled 'Flight' by Matsubara Yoshichi (b.1937), and accompanying stencils, Japan, 1990 |
Physical description | Kimono of crepe silk with abstract pattern created using the stencil resist-dyeing (katazome) technique. Twenty-nine stencils of the same shape, but of diminishing size, are used in succession. The dye used is indigo. The kimono is lined with blue plain weave silk. The stencils are made from mulberry paper laminated with persimmon juice. |
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Summary | The dazzling design of this kimono was created using the stencil-resist dyeing, or katazome, technique. Its creator Matsubara Yoshichi, has developed a very individual method of working in which stencils of the same shape, but of diminishing size, are used in succession. Rice paste is applied through the largest stencil on to the fabric, which is then dipped in the indigo dye bath. The colour does not penetrate the area covered by the paste. The fabric dries, the paste is washed off and the whole process is repeated with the next stencil. Twenty-nine such stencils were used to create this particular, rather electrifying, design. |
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Accession number | FE.10:1 to 30-1995 |
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Record created | February 22, 2004 |
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