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Collections

Woman’s Kimono with Overlapping Hexagonsearly Shōwa period (1926-1989), circa 1940

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Japanese kimono displayed flat in T-shape, covered allover with an interlocking tumbling-block pattern in yellow, blue, red, black, and white with softly blurred edges
Silk ikat textile, likely a kimono panel, with a repeating tumbling-block pattern in bold red, blue, yellow, black, and white, creating an optical three-dimensional cube effect; characteristic ikat dye-bleed visible along color edges.
Ikat-woven textile in two panels, featuring an interlocking geometric pattern of hexagonal and cubic forms in red, blue, yellow, black, and white, with characteristic feathered edges along color boundaries.
Title
Woman’s Kimono with Overlapping Hexagons
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
early Shōwa period (1926-1989), circa 1940
Medium
Silk plain weave with stencil-printed weft (yokosō-gasuri meisen)
Dimensions
Center back length: 57 in. (144.78 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Grace Tsao
Accession Number
M.2013.49.2
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles