Kimono
Shôwa period (1926–1989), c. 1930
Japan
Japan
This kimono displays a pattern within a pattern. The combination of vertical stripes with columns of horizontal stepped stripes (dan shimekiri) forms the crisscrosses of an igeta (well-frame) motif. Stripes and igeta motifs are traditional patterns often created using kasuri (ikat) techniques.
Silk, warp resist-dyed (kasuri) plain weave; lined with cotton, plain weave and silk, plain weave