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Woman’s Unlined Kimono (hitoe) with Abstract Water Patternmid-Shōwa period (1926-1989), circa 1955

Not on view
Flat-laid kimono with wide sleeves and an allover marbled wave pattern in crimson, teal, yellow, and ivory on a white background
Oil painting with undulating diagonal bands of red, teal, yellow, pink, black, and white, creating a rippling, marbled abstract composition with visible brushwork texture.
Title
Woman’s Unlined Kimono (hitoe) with Abstract Water Pattern
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
mid-Shōwa period (1926-1989), circa 1955
Medium
Silk plain weave, stencil-printed warp and weft (heiyō-gasuri meisen)
Dimensions
Center back length: 60 1/2 in. (153.67 cm) Sleeve width: 51 1/8 in. (129.86 cm)
Credit Line
Costume Council Fund
Accession Number
M.2012.130.13
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles