Nagajuban

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Nagajuban

Place

Japan (Object made in:)

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Made 1900–1920

Medium

Silk, plain weave self-patterned by rows of gauze crossings and areas of plain gauze weave (yoko-ro); resist dyed and stenciled (suri-yûzenzome); top collar: cotton, plain weave

Dimensions

133 × 125.2 cm (52 3/8 × 49 1/4 in.) Woven pattern repeat: 33.1 cm (13 in.) Printed pattern repeat: 62.8 cm (24 3/4 in.) Shoulder to hem length: 128.4 cm (50 1/2 in.) Sleeve length: 49.5 cm (19 1/2 in.) Width at hem: 61.6 cm (24 1/4 in.) Width of sleeve panel: 31 cm (12 1/4 in.) Width of collar band: 6.6 cm (2 5/8 in.) Width of neck opening: 19.8 cm (7 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays

Reference Number

1999.622

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