White-ground casual summer kimono (yukata) with blue geometric pattern made in Aichi Prefecture, early 20th century
Unknown Japaneseexpand_more
Cloth: cotton; katazome (stencil resist)expand_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 2019.20.87
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This unlined robe for a woman to wear during the hot summer months was likely created near Arimatsu, a town in present-day Aichi Prefecture famous for its indigo-dyed fabrics. It is decorated with a complex lattice pattern whose regularity was achieved by the use of a stiff paper stencil through which a starchy rice paste was applied. When dry, the paste created a barrier that masked the fabric and kept those areas white once the fabric was submerged in an indigo dyebath.
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- Title
- White-ground casual summer kimono (yukata) with blue geometric pattern made in Aichi Prefecture
- Role
- Maker
- Accession Number
- 2019.20.87
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Murray et al. 2018, pl. 93
- Curator Approved
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