Kimono
1930–1939
- Medium
- Silk, rayon, gold-foil-on-paper-wrapped threads, warp and weft resist-dyed (kasuri) plain weave with supplementary weft of gold-foil-on-paper-wrapped thread; lined with cotton, plain weave
- Dimensions
- 152 × 127.3 cm (59 7/8 × 50 1/8 in.)
- Genre
- Textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
cotton (textile)Modernismrayonresist dyeingshowasilk (textile)lining (process)Textilepaper (fiber product)Japanismweavingplain weaving
About
The pattern of this kimono is strongly rectilinear. The rectangular steps of alternating blocks of color relate to dan gawari pattering dating back to the Momoyama period (1568–1600). Groupings of rectangles also form juji (cross) motifs.