/internal/media/dispatcher/1239131/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailKimono (hitoe)19th centuryOverall (CB + 1/2 of collar measurement X width): 171.8 x 118.1 cm (67 5/8 x 46 1/2 in.)
Other (Collar): 10.8cm (4 1/4in.)
Center back: 166.4 cm (65 1/2 in.)Silk gauze weave with stencil and hand drawn paste resist-dyed and painted (yûzen), embroidered with silk and couched with gold-wrapped thread.William Sturgis Bigelow Collection21.11440Purple silk gauze summer robe (hitoe), worn by woman of samurai rank, with overall landscape pattern (goshodoki) of flowers, leaves, water, pine and a veranda with screen (sudare) and koto in green, orange, brown silk embroidery and metallic gold-wrapped thread couching.Costumes10.8000000000171.76784353572874101