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Fragment of robe (kosode)


Kimono
Japanese
Edo period (Horyaku period)
mid 18th century
Object Place: Japan

Medium/Technique Silk damask (rinzu); hand drawn paste resist-dyed and painted (yûzen)
Dimensions 29.2 x 50.2 cm (11 1/2 x 19 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Yamanaka & Company
Accession Number35.1958
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ClassificationsCostumes

DescriptionRobe (kosode) fragment with design of camelia and fences in brown and green and fences in brown and gold thread on a blue silk damask ground with a interlocking fretwork and cloud pattern (sayagata).
ProvenanceGift of Yamanaka & Co., Boston to the MFA on December 5, 1935