Kimono (uchikake)
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Outer robe (uchikake) with long sleeves and padded hem and design of flying cranes (tsuru) and autumn grass (susuki) embroidered, printed and handpainted in white, gray, black, green and brown on a predominantly red ground with white across the shoulders suggesting sunset (akebono); five chrysanthemum crests on center back and shoulders and front shoulders; lined with red silk crêpe, interior "waistband" (?).

Provenance

By 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)



NOTES:

[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.

Credit Line

William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Kimono (uchikake)

  • Japanese, Meiji era, late 19th century
Japan
Dimensions
181.6 x 124.5 cm (71 1/2 x 49 in.)
Medium or Technique
Silk plain-weave crepe (kabe-chirimen); hand drawn paste resist-dyed and painted (yûzen), embroidered
Classification
Costumes
Accession Number
11.3820
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