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Kosode (Kimono) Fragment with Cranes in Flight and Geometric Pattern of Interlocking Circles (Shippo Tsunagi)Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th-early 19th century

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Vertical resist-dyed textile in deep brick red with an allover cream dot-and-interlocking-ring pattern and a large diagonal bird-in-flight motif in cream
Textile fragment with shibori-style resist-dyeing on vivid orange ground; an allover diamond lattice pattern in cream forms the background, with two diagonal cream-colored bands suggesting a bird or crane in flight.
Title
Kosode (Kimono) Fragment with Cranes in Flight and Geometric Pattern of Interlocking Circles (Shippo Tsunagi)
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th-early 19th century
Medium
Silk figured satin (rinzu), tie-dyed (sō-kanoko shibori)
Dimensions
32 1/2 x 14 in. (82.55 x 35.56 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Bella Mabury
Accession Number
M.39.2.256
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.