Half-length undergarment (hanjuban) made in Arimatsu, Aichi Prefecture, early 20th century
Unknown Japaneseexpand_more
Cloth: cotton; shibori (tie-dyeing), indigo dyeexpand_more
The John R. Van Derlip Fund and the Mary Griggs Burke Endowment Fund established by the Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation; purchase from the Thomas Murray Collectionexpand_more 2019.20.83
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Shibori is a form of resist dyeing that relies on a collection of tying, folding, twisting, stitching, and binding techniques to render some areas of a textile inaccessible to dye when immersed in an indigo bath. Used skillfully in combination or succession, it can create precise, regular patterns or larger-scale motifs such as fish and flowers. Shibori arrived in the 17th century in the town of Arimatsu, where it became a production center. Because Arimatsu was on a main road, shibori quickly spread far and wide.
This undergarment shows the results of a wide variety of approaches, including tying (which creates rings), folding and stitching (which creates the lines of alternating white circles), and stitching around paper inserts (which creates the lozenge- or petal-like forms).
Details
- Title
- Half-length undergarment (hanjuban) made in Arimatsu, Aichi Prefecture
- Role
- Maker
- Accession Number
- 2019.20.83
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Murray et al. 2018, pl. 66
- Curator Approved
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