Haori
Shôwa period (1926–1989), c. 1930/35
Japan
Japan
The allover pattern on this garment is composed of scattered rose blooms and branches of leaves. The two tones of the leaves create a shadow effect. Although some types of roses are indigenous to Japan, roses are not a traditional Japanese textile motif nor a form of Japanese artistic expression. The roses depicted in the haori are more likely representative of ornamental Western roses, offering an interesting example of Western influences.
Silk, warp-resist dyed (kasuri) plain weave; lined with silk, plain weave; resist dyed and stenciled (kata yûzen-zome); cords of silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, tubular oblique interlacings with supplementary wrapping patterning elements