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Furisode

A work made of silk, plain weave; resist dyed and stenciled (yûzenzome: utsushi-zome, hikizome, bokashizome and suri bokashizome) and painted with india ink, gold and silver (itome with sumi, kin-nori and gin-nori); embroidered with silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped cotton in satin, single satin, and surface satin stitches, laid work and couching; lined with silk, plain weave.

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  • A work made of silk, plain weave; resist dyed and stenciled (yûzenzome: utsushi-zome, hikizome, bokashizome and suri bokashizome) and painted with india ink, gold and silver (itome with sumi, kin-nori and gin-nori); embroidered with silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped cotton in satin, single satin, and surface satin stitches, laid work and couching; lined with silk, plain weave.

Date:

Shôwa period (1926–1989), c. 1930

Artist:

Japan

About this artwork

The large motifs of an ox cart filled with flowers and two hexagonal boxes from the shell matching game (kaiawase) on this bride’s furisode, both date to the Heian period (794-1185). Once popular with Heian court ladies, the shell matching game symbolized the uniting of a man and woman. Associated with marriage, the shell matching game was often given as a wedding gift or found among a bride’s trousseau. Roundels and persimmon-shaped forms containing an array of auspicious and seasonal flowers cover theis furisode.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Furisode

Place

Japan (Object made in)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Made 1920–1940

Medium

Silk, plain weave; resist dyed and stenciled (yûzenzome: utsushi-zome, hikizome, bokashizome and suri bokashizome) and painted with India ink, gold and silver (itome with sumi, kin-nori and gin-nori); embroidered with silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip wrapped cotton in satin, single satin, and surface satin stitches, laid work and couching; lined with silk, plain weave

Dimensions

170.8 × 131.1 cm (67 1/4 × 51 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays

Reference Number

1999.592

Extended information about this artwork

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