Kimono

Textiles

1920s, Taishô period (1912–1926)

Japan

This kimono is patterned with stylized bamboo composed of groupings of vertical and horizontal lines. Chrysanthemums float over the bamboo on a diagonal. Within the flowers are scenes depicting reeds and a gabion (jakago), a woven bamboo basket weighted down with stones used to reduce erosion on riverbanks. The overall patterning is a successful combination of stylized renderings and traditional motifs.

Status: Currently Off View
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 1920–1929
Medium: Silk, weft resist-dyed (kasuri) and stencil-printed warps (hogushi-kasuri) plain weave; partially lined with cotton, plain weave
Dimensions: 160.6 × 129 cm (63 × 50 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: The Christa C. Mayer Thurman Textile Endowment and James Tigerman D. Estate
Reference Number: 2006.60

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