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Kimono (uchikake)
Kimono (uchikake)

Kimono (uchikake)

late 19th or early 20th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk plain-weave, hand drawn paste resist-dyed and painted (yûzen), embroidered (shishû) with silk and gilt paper strips, couched with gold-wrapped thread (koma-nui), applied gold leaf
Dimensions191.8 x 124.5 cm (75.5 CB x 49 in.) Measurement includes an approximate 5" collar that will fold in half making the final CB measurement 73"
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number21.1129
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; Gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA on May 5, 1921
Textile sample
late 19th century
Textile sample
mid-19th century
Textile sample
Late 19th century
Textile sample
late 19th century
Textile sample
Late 19th century
Textile sample
late 19th century
Textile sample
late 19th century
Textile sample
late 19th century
Textile sample
late 19th century
Textile sample
Late 19th century
Textile sample
Late 19th century
Textile sample
Late 19th century