Woman’s Outer Kimono (Uchikake) with Plank Bridges, Irises, and Swallows

Enlarge My gallery Comment Tag Share Download Image*
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/collections.lacma.org-images/remote_images/ma-25630-O3.jpg?XHkBNndmsEI7vkxIkJ0D7nM_ItuzMVvC
View comments
No comments have been posted yet.
Add a comment
Please log in to add comments.
Enter your LACMA Collections username.
Enter the password that accompanies your username.
New to our collections website? Sign up to create an account and start saving your favorites. Please note that this account is not the same as the MyLACMA account you may have for ticketing and membership transactions.
Download powerpoint quality jpeg Download publication quality tiff
Current tags
This item has not been tagged yet.
Please log in to add tags.
Enter your LACMA Collections username.
Enter the password that accompanies your username.
New to our collections website? Sign up to create an account and start saving your favorites. Please note that this account is not the same as the MyLACMA account you may have for ticketing and membership transactions.
* Nearly 20,000 images of artworks the museum believes to be in the public domain are available to download on this site. Other images may be protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights. By using any of these images you agree to LACMA's Terms of Use.

Woman’s Outer Kimono (Uchikake) with Plank Bridges, Irises, and Swallows

Japan, late Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th-early 19th century
Costumes; principal attire (entire body)
Silk plain weave (crepe) (chirimen) with paste-resist dyed (yūzen) and stenciled paste-resist imitation tie-dyed (kata kanoko) with silk and gilt-paper-wrapped silk thread embroidery.
Center back length: 73 in. (185.42 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Philip A. Colman in memory of Philip A. Colman (M.90.8)
Costume and Textiles
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Gluckman, Dale Carolyn and Sharon Sadako Takeda et al. When Art Became Fashion: Kosode in Edo-Period Japan. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1992.