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Kimono (uchikake)
Japanese
late Edo or Meiji era
19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk plain-weave embroidered with silk and couched with gold-wrapped thread
Dimensions
153 x 127.5 cm (60 1/4 x 50 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession NumberRES.21.61
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionOuter robe (uchikake) with long sleeves and padded hem with design of mythical Island of Paradise (Horai) including water with mist, plum, pine tree branches, flying cranes and large turtle across the back in green, pink, tan, black, white silk embroidery and gold thread couching on a dark brown silk ground.
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift to the MFA in 1921