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Kimono (hitoe)
Japanese
Edo period
19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk gauze weave with stencil and hand drawn paste resist-dyed and painted (yûzen), embroidered with silk and couched with gold-wrapped thread.
Dimensions
Overall (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.)
Other (Collar): 10.8cm (4 1/4in.)
Center back: 166.4 cm (65 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number21.1144
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionPurple 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.
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift to the MFA on May 5, 1921