Kamishimo
1800-1850 (made)
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This two piece outfit, called a kamishimo, was the everyday formal wear of the Japanese samurai and would have been worn over a kimono. The upper garment, called a kataginu, is sleeveless with extended shoulders stiffened with paper. The lower pleated garment, known as hakama, has narrow ties and a waist board designed to give support to the back. The kataginu would have been tucked into the hakama (although this has not been done for mounting so as not to damage the fabric).
Kamishimo are generally made of hemp rather than silk and are patterned using stencils. The family crest, or mon, of the samurai, resisted with paste and then brushed with pigments, appears on the front and back of the kataginu and the back board of the hakama. It is the crest of the Aoyama clan. This ensemble is quite small, so may have been for a boy.
Kamishimo are generally made of hemp rather than silk and are patterned using stencils. The family crest, or mon, of the samurai, resisted with paste and then brushed with pigments, appears on the front and back of the kataginu and the back board of the hakama. It is the crest of the Aoyama clan. This ensemble is quite small, so may have been for a boy.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Plain-weave bast fibre with stencil paste-resist design |
| Brief description | Kamishimo (jacket and trousers), hemp, Japan, 1800-1850 |
| Physical description | Kamishimo ensemble consisting of a pleated lower garment (hakama) and an open sleeveless jacket with wide shoulders (kataginu). Hemp with an all-over small stencil paste-resist design reserved in white on a light blue background. This type of patterning is called komon. The crests (mon) - three on the jacket, one on the back of the hakama - are of the Aoyama clan. The extended shoulders of the jacket and the back panel of the hakama are stiffened with paper, that on the hakama being in many layers to make it completely inflexible. Kamishimo were worn by samurai men on formal occasions during the Edo period, over a kimono, the jacket being loosely tucked into the hakama. |
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| Object history | Purchased. Registered File number 1980/1359. |
| Summary | This two piece outfit, called a kamishimo, was the everyday formal wear of the Japanese samurai and would have been worn over a kimono. The upper garment, called a kataginu, is sleeveless with extended shoulders stiffened with paper. The lower pleated garment, known as hakama, has narrow ties and a waist board designed to give support to the back. The kataginu would have been tucked into the hakama (although this has not been done for mounting so as not to damage the fabric). Kamishimo are generally made of hemp rather than silk and are patterned using stencils. The family crest, or mon, of the samurai, resisted with paste and then brushed with pigments, appears on the front and back of the kataginu and the back board of the hakama. It is the crest of the Aoyama clan. This ensemble is quite small, so may have been for a boy. |
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| Accession number | FE.46&A-1980 |
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| Record created | February 22, 2004 |
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