/internal/media/dispatcher/645296/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailKimono (furisode)19th century172.7 x 121.9 cm (68 x 48 in.)Silk satin embroidered with silk and couched with gold-wrapped paperWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection21.11420Long-sleeved blue silk satin robe (furisode) with overall design of fan papers, bamboo (take), plum (ume), pine (matsu), tortoises (kame), and cranes (tsuru) in silk embroidery and gold-wrapped thread couching; five chrysanthemum crests (mon) in gold across the upper front and back; reddish-orange silk crepe lining and padded hem.
This robe was possibly worn at a wedding by a young woman of a wealthy merchant family.Costumes172.70000000002873901