Kosode (Kimono) Fragment with Abstract Tortoiseshell Pattern, Plum Blossoms, and Waves

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Kosode (Kimono) Fragment with Abstract Tortoiseshell Pattern, Plum Blossoms, and Waves

Japan, late Momoyama (1573-1615)-early Edo (1615-1868) period, Keicho (1996-1615)-Kan'ei (1624-1644) era
Costumes; principal attire (entire body)
Silk figured satin (rinzu), tie-resist dyed (kanoko shibori), with silk and gilt-paper-wrapped-silk thread embroidery, and stenciled metallic leaf
27 3/4 × 14 1/8 in. (70.49 × 35.88 cm)
Gift of Miss Bella Mabury (M.39.2.293)
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.