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Woman's Kosode (Kimono) with Plank Bridges (Yatsuhashi), Irises, and Butterflieslate Edo period (1615-1868) - Meiji period (1868-1912), 19th century

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Japanese silk robe in deep plum-purple, with tone-on-tone damask on upper body and densely embroidered iris garden with bridge motif on lower half

Unknown, Woman's Kosode (Kimono) with Plank Bridges (Yatsuhashi), Irises, and Butterflies, late Edo period (1615-1868) - Meiji period (1868-1912), 19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Miss Bella Mabury, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Woman's Kosode (Kimono) with Plank Bridges (Yatsuhashi), Irises, and Butterflies
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
late Edo period (1615-1868) - Meiji period (1868-1912), 19th century
Medium
Silk satin damask (donsu) with silk and gilt-paper-wrapped-silk thread embroidery
Dimensions
Center back length: 65 in. (165.1 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Bella Mabury
Accession Number
M.39.2.9
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.

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