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Kimono fragment
Kosode fragment
Kimono fragment
Japanese
Edo period (Keicho era)
early 17th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk damask (rinzu); tie-dyed (shibori), stencil resist-dyed (katazome), embroidered (shishû), applied gold leaf
Dimensions
86.4 x 34.3 cm (34 x 13 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Chinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession Number35.1941
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionFragment of a robe (kosode), worn by a woman of the samurai class, with design of pine, cherry, palm, chrysanthemum, pinks, paulownia and seven treasures pattern (shippô) embroidered in silk with traces of applied gold leaf on a white and reddish-orange silk damask ground with an interlocking swastika pattern (manji tsunagi).
ProvenancePurchased by the MFA on December 5, 1935