Kosode

Textiles

Edo period (1615–1868), 1775/1800

Japan

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Title: Kosode
Origin: Japan
Date: Made 1775–1800
Medium: Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, warp-float faced twill weave with weft float faced twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; interlined with cotton, plain weave
Dimensions: 164 × 133.7 cm (64 1/2 × 52 5/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Martin A. Ryerson to the Antiquarian Society
Reference Number: 1897.232

Mary V. Hays and Ralph E. Hays. “No Drama Costumes and Other Japanese Costumes in The Art Institute of Chicago,” Museum Studies 18, 1 (1992), catalogue no. 25, pg. 40.
Iwao Nagasaki. Japanese Textile in American Collections (Tokyo: Shogakukan, Inc., 1995), p. 158, cat. no. 156.

The Art Institute of Chicago, Regenstein Hall, Five Centuries of Japanese Kimono: On this Sleeve of Fondest Dream, March 7–June 7, 1992

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