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Kosode (Kimono) Fragment with Chrysanthemums, Snow, and CharactersEdo period (1615-1868), late 18th-early 19th century

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Vertical silk textile panel with steel-blue ground, embroidered chrysanthemums in white and red-orange, gold arcing branches, and Japanese cursive script in gold and red thread
Embroidered textile on steel-blue ground, featuring scattered chrysanthemums in white and orange-red, with gold metallic couched curves and floral sprays in silk thread.

Unknown, Kosode (Kimono) Fragment with Chrysanthemums, Snow, and Characters, Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th-early 19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Miss Bella Mabury, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Kosode (Kimono) Fragment with Chrysanthemums, Snow, and Characters
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th-early 19th century
Medium
Silk plain weave (crepe; chirimen), paste-resist dyed (yūzen), with silk- and gilt-paper-wrapped-silk-thread embroidery
Dimensions
33 x 14 1/8 in. (83.82 x 35.88 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Bella Mabury
Accession Number
M.39.2.251
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected 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.
Selected Exhibition History
  • Japanese Prints: Word/Poem/Picture. September 13, 2007 - February 9, 2008

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