About this artwork
Kimono with enlarged patterns like the oversized fern leaves seen here came into vogue in the Taisho period (1912-26). The trendy palate of gray, black, white, and peach would have appealed to a modan gaaru (a “modern girl” in the lingo of the time) while a more traditional client would have appreciated the fern’s poetic connotations, which are elaborated on this lacquer box, also in our collection (AIC 2011.282).
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Textiles
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Title
- Kimono
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Place
- Japan (Object made in)
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Date
- Made 1915–1935
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Medium
- Silk, twill weave self-patterned by areas of plain weave; resist dyed and stenciled; body lining: silk, plain weave; sleeve lining: silk, plain weave
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Dimensions
- 165.7 × 129.2 cm (64 3/4 × 50 7/8 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays
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Reference Number
- 1999.612