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Hiyoku No Tomesode

A work made of silk, plain weave self-patterned by stripes of gauze crossings and openwork (tate ro); resist dyed, stenciled, and painted (yûzenzome: tsutsugaki, hikizome, bokashizome, suri-yûzenzome and uwae) body and sleeves lined with silk, plain weave (nerinuki), collar facing with silk, plain weave with stripes of gauze crossings and openwork (tate ro).

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  • A work made of silk, plain weave self-patterned by stripes of gauze crossings and openwork (tate ro); resist dyed, stenciled, and painted (yûzenzome: tsutsugaki, hikizome, bokashizome, suri-yûzenzome and uwae) body and sleeves lined with silk, plain weave (nerinuki), collar facing with silk, plain weave with stripes of gauze crossings and openwork (tate ro).

Date:

Meiji period (1868–1912)/ Taishô period (1912–1926), c. 1910/15

Artist:

Japan

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Hiyoku No Tomesode

Date

Made 1900–1925

Medium

Silk, plain weave self-patterned by stripes of gauze crossings and openwork (tate ro); resist dyed, stenciled, and painted (yûzenzome: tsutsugaki, hikizome, bokashizome, suri-yûzenzome and uwae) body and sleeves lined with silk, plain weave (nerinuki), collar facing with silk, plain weave with stripes of gauze crossings and openwork (tate ro)

Dimensions

173.5 × 127 cm (67 3/4 × 50 in.) Shoulder to hem length: 157.5 cm (62 in.) Sleeve length: 105.1 cm (41 3/8 in.) Width at hem: 58.4 cm (23 in.) Width of sleeve panel: 33.1 cm (13 in.) Width of center front panel hem overlap: 17.8 cm (7 1/8 in.) Width of collar band: 11.7 cm (4 5/8 in) Width of neck opening: 23.6 cm (9 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays

Reference Number

1999.627

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