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.
Silk and gold-leaf-paper strips, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with plain interlacing of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; stiffening: reeds covered with paper, plain weave; lining: silk, plain weave; ties: silk over cotton, plain weave over plain weave; edges: couched with silk
Dimensions
At waist: 105.8 × 75 cm (41 5/8 × 29 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Alfred E. Hamill
Reference Number
1928.846
IIIF Manifest
The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) represents a set of open standards that enables rich access to digital media from libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions around the world.
Hays, Mary V. and Hays, Ralph E, “No Drama Costumes and Other Japanese Costumes in The Art Institute of Chicago,” Museum Studies 18, 1 (1992), catalogue no. 15, pg. 39.
Nagasaki, Iwao, Japanese Textile in American Collections, (Tokyo: Shogakukan, Inc., 1995), catalogue no. 163, pg. 166.
Object information is a work in progress and may be updated as new research findings emerge. To help improve this record, please email . Information about image downloads and licensing is available here.