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Kimono (furisode)
Japanese
Meiji era
19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk plain-weave crepe, resist-dyed, hand-painted, embroidered with silk, and gold paint brushed through a screen (sunago)
Dimensions
Overall: 167.6 x 120 cm (66 x 47 1/4 in.)
Other (Collar): 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.)
Other (Collar): 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number21.1130
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionLong-sleeved robe (furisode) with design of poem cards (shikishi and tanzaku) and flowers of the four seasons along the lower half of the robe and sleeves in blue, green, pink, purple gray and white silk embroidery and hand painting and accented with gold flecks on a dark blue plain-weave silk crepe ground; three crests with linked hexagon pattern along the upper back.
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA on May 5, 1921