Woman's Kimono, 'Kun-en (Fragrant Garden)'

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Woman's Kimono, 'Kun-en (Fragrant Garden)'

Japan, 1968
Costumes; principal attire (entire body)
Silk plain weave (crepe; chirimen), free hand paste-resist dyed (yūzen)
Center back length: 64 in. (162.56 cm)
Gift of the 1999 Collectors Committee (AC1999.113.1)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Denney, Joyce. "Reviews: Kimono: A Modern History," Impressions: The Journal of the Japanese Art Society of America 36 (2015): 202-211.
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art.  New York: Thames and Hudson, 2003.