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Kosode fragment

1720–30
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk damask, stenciled tie-dye (kata kanoko), embroidered (shishû), stenciled gold leaf, gilt paper-wrapped thread couching (koma-nui)
Dimensions92.1 x 39.7 cm (36 1/4 x 15 5/8 in.)
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number35.1942
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenancePurchased by the MFA on December 5, 1935
Scroll mount (hyôsô)
18th or 19th century
Fragment of robe (kosode)
late 17th century
Kimono (kosode)
late 17th to early 18th century
Buddhist altar cloth (uchishiki)
late 19th century, made from 17th century fabric
Textile sample
late 19th century
Textile sample
late 19th century
Textile sample
Late 19th century
Fragment of robe (katabira)
late 17th to early 18th century
Kimono (uchikake)
late 19th or early 20th century