EditorialFurisode, late Edo period (1789?1868)/ Meiji period (1868?1912), 19th century, Japan, Silk, 4:1 satin damask weave, rinzu, yuzen dyed, painted, and stenciled, embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton in satin and si...
EditorialFurisode, 19th century, Japanese, Possibly beni-dyed light red (orange) silk, figured satin weave, embroidered and couched in silvered and gilt metallic thread (wound around a white silk fiber core). Needlework in satin stitch in shades of green, dark ...
EditorialWrapping cloth (furoshiki), Yuzen dyed cotton Medium: cotton Technique: dyed, painted and stenciled, using resist outlining; plain weave foundation, Still-life of flowers and pottery set in ocean waves. In soft greens, reds, browns, white, yellow on da...
EditorialTextile, Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: painted using resist paste to outline (yuzen), Fine creped ochre ground with widely spaced repeat of covered decorated cart amid pines, grasses, and flowers. Scattered leaved embroidered in orange and g...
EditorialKosode, Japan, Edo period (16151868), Culture: Japan, Yuzen-dyed and painted, mostly on lower half of garment, 55 1/2 in. ? 49 in. (141 ? 124.5 cm), Costumes.
EditorialKosode with Pattern of Tea-Ceremony Utensils on a Small Pattern (Komon) of Auspicious Objects, Japan, Meiji period (18681912), Date 19th century, Japan, Paste-resist and brush dyeing (yuzen) on a background of stencil-resist-dyed plain-weave silk, Over...
EditorialMen's nagajuban with love couple in the snow, Onderkimono (nagajuban) for a man with a decoration on the back of a representation of a young couple walking under an umbrella in a snowy landscape with a willow tree, bamboo and two mandarin ducks in a wa...
EditorialSet of a boy miyamairi kimono and haori, Formal kimono for a boy for the first visit to a Shinto shrine (miyamairi kimono), with against a background of a diamond pattern in white on blue adornment of five circle-shaped images: a stream train in a coas...
EditorialBoys miyamairi kimono with springing carp, Formal kimono for a boy for the first visit to a Shinto shrine (miyamairi kimono), with a decoration of two carp springing up from stylized waves, with rocks, bamboo and stylized clouds. Symbol for (academic) ...
EditorialBoys miyamairi kimono with trains, air and shipping, Formal kimono for a boy for the first visit to a Shinto shrine (miyamairi kimono), with against a background of a diamond pattern in white on blue a decoration of five crescent-shaped images: a strea...
EditorialBoys miyamairi kimono with the Battle of the Fuji River, Formal kimono for a boy for the first visit to a Shinto shrine (miyamairi kimono), with a decoration of a night scene with a samurai on horseback on the banks of the Fuji River, the mountain and ...
EditorialKimono with a Mythical Hoo Bird Furisode with white hoo and family arms, Formal kimono with long sleeves for an unmarried young woman (furisode), decorated with white on the bottom of the front and back mythical bird (hoo), with peacock lonia and chrys...
EditorialMen's nagajuban with love couple in the snow, Onderkimono (nagajuban) for a man with a decoration on the back of a representation of a young couple walking under an umbrella in a snowy landscape with a willow tree, bamboo and two mandarin ducks in a wa...
EditorialSet of a boy miyamairi kimono and haori, Formal kimono for a boy for the first visit to a Shinto shrine (miyamairi kimono), with against a background of a diamond pattern in white on blue adornment of five circle-shaped images: a stream train in a coas...
EditorialMen's nagajuban with bathing woman, Onderkimono (nagajuban) for a man with a decoration on the upper half of the back of a representation of a half-naked woman, see herself washing with a sponge a wooden tub, a hanging bamboo curtain in the background....
EditorialGirls furisode with koto curtains and chrysanthemums, Formal kimono with long sleeves for a girl (furisode) with a decoration on the underside of sleeves and front panels of peonies, chrysanthemums and silk curtains, at the bottom of the back panels wi...
EditorialBoys miyamairi kimono with springing carp, Formal kimono for a boy for the first visit to a Shinto shrine (miyamairi kimono), with a decoration of two carp springing up from stylized waves, with rocks, bamboo and stylized clouds. Symbol for (academic) ...
EditorialBoys miyamairi kimono with nine No masks, Formal kimono for a boy for the first visit to a Shinto shrine (miyamairi kimono), with a decoration of nine masks of the No theater in a background from a wide checkered band. Black silk with a painted yuzen d...
EditorialFurisode with pine and cranes, Formal kimono with long sleeves for an unmarried young woman (furisode), on the bottom of sleeves, front and back decorated with cranes flying above pine branches. Black crepe silk (chirimen) with yuzen decoration in whit...
EditorialMen's nagajuban with musicians, Onderkimono (nagajuban) for a man with a decoration on the upper half of the back panels of three musicians: a young man sitting on a paint box with maple motifs a hand drum, a seated woman in a kimono with banana leaf m...
EditorialBoys miyamairi kimono with trains, air and shipping, Formal kimono for a boy for the first visit to a Shinto shrine (miyamairi kimono), with against a background of a diamond pattern in white on blue a decoration of five crescent-shaped images: a strea...
EditorialGirls kimono with camellias, Kimono for a girl with a decoration all over the field of flowering camellias in red, green, white and yellow on a black background. Black silk with brocade woven cloud motifs with a stenciled yuzen decoration and embroider...
EditorialKuro-tome sode with the Itsukushima shrine, Formal black women's kimono (kuro-tome sode), with a decoration of the Itsukushima shrine on the bottom: a building and gate (torii) in water on a coast with pine trees and stone lanterns, broken by cloud ban...
EditorialMen's nagajuban with skulls and calligraphy, Onderkimono (nagajuban) for a man with repeating ornamentation over the entire surface of skulls and blocks of calligraphed text. Olive green silk with stenciled yuzen decoration. Orange-brown silk lining., ...
EditorialWomen's lower kimono with autumn patterns, Lower kimono (nagajuban) for a woman with decoration of eleven different patterns with autumn motifs in rectangular planes. Fine crepe silk (kinsha) with a damask woven flower pattern, with stenciled yuzen dec...
EditorialBoys miyamairi kimono with the Battle of the Fuji River, Formal kimono for a boy for the first visit to a Shinto shrine (miyamairi kimono), with a decoration of a night scene with a samurai on horseback on the banks of the Fuji River, the mountain and ...
EditorialMen's nagajuban with kabuki actors, Onderkimono (nagajuban) for a man with a decoration on the upper half of the backs of four partially overlapping rectangular images, two of actors in checkered kimono of which one with a cloth around the head, two wi...
EditorialMen's nagajuban with dragons in clouds, Onderkimono (nagajuban) for a man with a decoration on the front and back of dragons amidst clouds. Gray and white crepe silk (chirimen) hand-painted and stenciled yuzen ornament. White silk lining., anonymous, J...
EditorialMen's nagajuban with Oshun and Denbei, Onderkimono (nagajuban) for a man with a decoration across the whole face of a representation of a young man and woman holding hands in a hilly landscape with the Kiyomizu temple, she with a headscarf, he a straw ...
EditorialBoys miyamairi kimono with Yoshitsune on horseback and Benkei, Formal kimono for a boy for the first visit to a Shinto shrine (miyamairi kimono), decorated with a night scene with a samurai te horse at a city wall, met by a man with a halberd. An unkno...
EditorialGirls miyamairi kimono with geometric and flower motifs, Formal kimono for a girl for the first visit to a Shinto shrine, with a decoration of angular and cloud-shaped surfaces with geometric patterns and motifs prunus, chrysanthemum and bamboo, agains...
EditorialMen's nagajuban with devils and a club, Onderkimono (nagajuban) for a man with a decoration over the whole surface of devils, a club that is inserted into the hip band and two interlocking quadrangles (manryoku). A reference to the saying 'oni ni kaneb...
EditorialFurisode, late Edo period (1789?1868)/ Meiji period (1868?1912), 19th century, Japan, Silk, 4:1 satin damask weave, rinzu, yuzen dyed, painted, and stenciled, embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton in satin and si...
EditorialFurisode, 19th century, Japanese, Possibly beni-dyed light red (orange) silk, figured satin weave, embroidered and couched in silvered and gilt metallic thread (wound around a white silk fiber core). Needlework in satin stitch in shades of green, dark ...