Juban

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Juban

Place

Japan (Object made in)

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Made 1940–1945

Medium

Silk, plain weave; stenciled (yûzenzome: kata utsushi) sleeve in rayon and silk, plain weave; stenciled (yûzenzome: kata utsushi, itome); collar and collar facing: silk and waste silk, plain weave; stenciled (yûzenzome: utsushi); body lining: silk, plain weave (heiken); sleeve lining: silk and wild silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning; resist dyed and stenciled (yûzenzome: utsushinori)

Dimensions

96.8 × 127.3 cm (38 1/8 × 50 1/8 in.) Repeat (body fabric): 35.5 × 24.7 cm (14 × 9 3/4 in.) Shoulder to hem length: 91.3 cm (35 7/8 in.) Sleeve length: 49.5 cm (19 1/2 in.) Collar back to hem length: 59 cm (23 1/4 in.) Width at hem: 61.5 cm (24 1/4 in.) Width of sleeve panel: 32.2 cm (12 5/8 in.) Width of center front panel hem overlap: 6.8 cm (2 5/8 in.) Width of collar band: 19.3 cm (7 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays

Reference Number

1999.608

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