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Katagawa Obi (Side Patterned Belt)

A work made of top: wool, plain weave; resist dyed and stenciled (yûzenzome; utsushinori); bottom: silk, plain weave; resist dyed and stenciled (yûzenzome: itome and utsushinori); lining side: silk, satin weave with bands of supplementary patterning.

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  • A work made of top: wool, plain weave; resist dyed and stenciled (yûzenzome; utsushinori); bottom: silk, plain weave; resist dyed and stenciled (yûzenzome: itome and utsushinori); lining side: silk, satin weave with bands of supplementary patterning.

Date:

1912/20, early Taishô period (1912–1926)

Artist:

Japan

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Katagawa Obi (Side Patterned Belt)

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 1912–1920

Medium

Top: wool, plain weave; resist dyed and stenciled (yûzenzome; utsushinori); bottom: silk, plain weave; resist dyed and stenciled (yûzenzome: itome and utsushinori); lining side: silk, satin weave with bands of supplementary patterning

Dimensions

301.1 × 25 cm (118 1/2 × 9 7/8 in.); Top warp repeat: H.: 36.8 cm (14 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays

Reference Number

1999.653

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