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Woman's Summer Kimono (Katabira) with Pine, Fishing Nets, and Dragonflieslate Meiji period, 1868-1912 - early Taisho period, 1912-1926

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Japanese kimono in sheer cobalt blue silk gauze, displayed open, with embroidered pine trees, dragonflies, and geometric scale patterns across the lower body and sleeves
Detail of a blue-violet silk kimono with yuzen-dyed decoration: a gnarled pine tree with fan-shaped needle clusters in green and rust, overlaid with white diamond-grid netting pattern, and multicolored dragonflies scattered across the upper field.
Title
Woman's Summer Kimono (Katabira) with Pine, Fishing Nets, and Dragonflies
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
late Meiji period, 1868-1912 - early Taisho period, 1912-1926
Medium
Ramie crepe (chijimi) with paste-resist dyeing (shiroage) and handpainted pigments
Dimensions
58 1/8 x 48 in. (147.64 x 121.92 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Wedworth W. Clarke
Accession Number
61.33.7
Classification
Costumes
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.