Many of the elaborately embroidered round crests (mon) on this costume are similar to known personal crests, but others are imaginary designs. Collectively, they are meant to give this garment graphic impact when worn by an actor onstage.
Date
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Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; patterned with impressed gold leaf; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton in satin and single satin stitches; laid work and couching; lined with silk, plain weave; dyed with beni, safflower
Dimensions
175.1 × 137.5 cm (68 7/8 × 54 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Clyde M. Carr
Reference Number
1930.19
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Gunsaulus, Helen C. Japanese Textiles.New York: The Japan Society, 1941. Pages 38-41.
Hays, Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays, “No Drama Costumes and Other Japanese Costumes in The Art Institute of Chicago,” Museum Studies 18, 1 (1992). cat. no. 3, p. 37.
Nagasaki, Iwao. Japanese Textile in American Collections. Tokyo: Shogakukan, Inc., 1995. cat. no. 160, p. 163.
Five Centuries of Japanese Kimono: On This Sleeve of Fondest Dreams, The Art Institute of Chicago, Regenstein Hall, March 7–June 7, 1992
Art Institute of Chicago, Asian Art galleries, Gallery 108, April 25, 2018-Aug. 3, 2019.
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