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Woman’s Unlined Kimono (hitoe) with Waves and Dotsearly-Shōwa period (1926-1989), circa 1935

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Japanese kimono displayed flat in a T-shape, dark navy fabric with an allover pattern of silver-white stylized waves with blue foam crests and scattered red circular dots
Textile fragment with dark purple ground, featuring a bold wave pattern in grey and blue with curling whitecaps, accented by red circular motifs scattered across the composition.
Title
Woman’s Unlined Kimono (hitoe) with Waves and Dots
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
early-Shōwa period (1926-1989), circa 1935
Medium
Silk plain weave (crepe; omeshi meisen), stencil-printed warp ikat (hogushi kasuri meisen), aluminum-gilt-paper-wrapped rayon supplementary weft
Dimensions
Center back length: 57 1/2 in. (146.05 cm) Sleeve width: 49 1/2 in. (125.73 cm)
Credit Line
Costume Council Fund
Accession Number
M.2012.130.16
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles