Kimono

Textiles

1920s/30s, Taishô period (1912–1926)/ Shôwa period (1926–1989)

Japan

Scrolling vines and either hollyhock or paulownia leaves with flowers climb across this kimono. Native to Japan, hollyhocks have long been associated with the Kamo Shrine and Aoi Festival in Kyoto, and they featured on the family creast of the Tokugawa shogunate. The paulownia, associated with the mythical phoenix of Chinese myths, has a long history in Japanese culture and is found in art and family creast.

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Department: Textiles

Title: Kimono
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 1920–1939
Medium: Silk and rayon, stencill-printed warps (hogushi kasuri) plain weave; partially lined with cotton, plain weave
Dimensions: 152.2 × 124.8 cm (59 7/8 × 49 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: The Christa C. Mayer Thurman Textile Endowment and James Tigerman D. Estate
Reference Number: 2006.59

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