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Woman’s Unlined Kimono (Hitoe) with Butterfliesearly Shōwa (1926-1989) period, circa 1940

Not on view
Kimono displayed flat in a T-shape, with an allover pattern of small stylized butterflies in pink, blue, yellow, and lavender on alternating ivory and charcoal black horizontal bands
Textile with two vertical panels, each densely printed with small butterfly motifs in pink, blue, lavender, yellow, and white on alternating cream and black horizontal bands.
Title
Woman’s Unlined Kimono (Hitoe) with Butterflies
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
early Shōwa (1926-1989) period, circa 1940
Medium
Silk plain weave, stencil-printed warp and weft ikat (heiyō kasuri meisen)
Dimensions
Center back length: 57 1/8 in. (145.1 cm)
Credit Line
Costume and Textiles Deaccession Fund
Accession Number
M.2010.114.7
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Singer, Robert T., and Kawai Masatomo, editors. The Life of Animals in Japanese Art. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2019.