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Kimono (katabira)
Japanese
Edo period
first quarter 18th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Ramie plain-weave, hand drawn paste resist-dyed (yûzen), hand-painted with ink and embroidered with silk and gold metallic wrapped threads
Dimensions
162.56 x 119.4 cm (64 x 47 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number21.1134
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionSummer robe made of ramie (katabira) with design on top half of Korin-style plum (Korin Ume) and bamboo on a dark indigo blue ground; lower half, separated by jagged pine bark pattern (matsukawa-bishi) has design of men and woman relaxing on gozafune boats as boatmen maneuver around plant-filled rock outcroppings on a natural, undyed ground.
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA on May 5, 1921