Curator

  • Art Institute Chicago
  • Harvard art museum
  • My Exhibition
A work made of color woodblock print; oban.

Painful (Itaso), from the series "Thirty-two Aspects of Women (Fuzoku sanjuniso)", 1888

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

A work made of silk, plain weave; resist dyed and painted (yûzenzome: itome hikizome, bokashizome and uwae); embroidered with silk and gold-foil-over-paper-strip-wrapped silk and silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, in individual back, individual straight and knot stitches; laidwork and couching; sleeve lining: silk, plain weave.

Hômongi, Shôwa period (1926–1989), c. 1926

A work made of cotton, plain weave; stenciled and resist dyed (yûzenzome: hikizome); collar facing: cotton, plain weave.

Hitoe, Shôwa period (1926–1989), 1935

A work made of rayon, plain weave, self-patterned by rows of gauze crossings (yoko-ro); stenciled discharge dyeing (bassen).

Hitoe, Shôwa period (1926–1989), c. 1935

A work made of silk, plain weave self-patterned by areas of complex gauze weave (ra); discharge dye extracted (basson) and painted with sumi ink (india); collar faced with silk, plain weave self-patterned with gauze crossings (yoko-ro).

Hitoe, Meiji period (1868–1912)/ Taishô period (1912–1926), c. 1900/20

A work made of silk and wild silk, plain weave; resist dyed (kasuri); collar lining of silk and rayon, plain weave self-patterned by rows of gauze crossings (yoko-ro).

Hitoe, Meiji period (1868–1912)/Taishô period (1912–1926), c. 1900/16

A work made of silk, plain weave self-patterned by rows of gauze crossings and areas of plain gauze weave (yoko-ro); resist dyed and stenciled (suri-yûzenzome); top collar: cotton, plain weave.

Nagajuban, Meiji period (1868–1912)/ Taishô period (1912–1926), c. 1910

A work made of silk and rayon, plain weave; resist dyed; upper lining: cotton, plain weave; lower lining: silk, plain weave.

Kimono, Shôwa period (1926–1989), c. 1950

A work made of silk, plain weave; resist dyed (kasuri); upper lining: cotton, plain weave; sleeve lining: cotton, satin weave; lower lining: silk plain weave (meisen); inner sleeve facing: rayon, plain weave.

Kimono, Taishô period (1912–1926/Shôwa period (1926–1989), c. 1920/30

A work made of silk, resist dyed (kasuri), plain weave; lined with silk, plain weaves (heiken).

Kimono, Taishô period (1912–1926), c. 1917/20

A work made of silk, plain weave; stenciled (yûzenzome: kata utsushi) sleeve in rayon and silk, plain weave; stenciled (yûzenzome: kata utsushi, itome); collar and collar facing: silk and waste silk, plain weave; stenciled (yûzenzome: utsushi); body lining: silk, plain weave (heiken); sleeve lining: silk and wild silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning; resist dyed and stenciled (yûzenzome: utsushinori).

Juban, Shôwa period (1926–1989), 1940/45 (fabric dates prior to this date)

A work made of hemp, plain weave; dye extracted using a chemical dye stripper (bassen); painted; lined with cotton, plain weave.

Kuro Tomesode, Meiji period (1868–1912), c. 1885

A work made of silk, plain weave self-patterned by stripes of gauze crossings and openwork (tate ro); resist dyed, stenciled, and painted (yûzenzome: tsutsugaki, hikizome, bokashizome, suri-yûzenzome and uwae) body and sleeves lined with silk, plain weave (nerinuki), collar facing with silk, plain weave with stripes of gauze crossings and openwork (tate ro).

Hiyoku No Tomesode, Meiji period (1868–1912)/ Taishô period (1912–1926), c. 1910/15

A work made of silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave self-patterned by main warp and ground weft floats and areas of plain weave; top collar of silk, 3:1 broken twill damask weave with creped wefts; embroidered with silk and gold-painted-silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped rayon in satin and stem stitches; lined with silk, plain weave (heiken, momi); one selvage present on collar.

Nagajuban, Taishô period (1912–1926), c. 1920/25

A work made of rayon, plain weave; tye dyed; top collar of rayon, satin weave self-patterned by areas of plain weave; embroidered with rayon and gold-foil-on-paper-wrapped rayon in herringbone and satin stitches; under collar of cotton, plain weave; lined with silk and rayon, plain weave; sleeve binding tape: rayon, satin weave self-patterned by areas of plain weave.

Nagajuban, Taishô period (1912–1926), c. 1920/23

A work made of silk, plain weave self-patterned by rows of gauze crossings (chirimen yoko-ro); stenciled (katabitta); top collar and upper lining: silk, plain weave; lower collar: silk, twill damask weave.

Nagajuban, 1912/26, Taishô period (1912–1926)

A work made of silk, plain weave; stenciled and resist dyed and painted (yûzenzome: utsushinori); back: lined with silk, plain weave; stenciled and resist dyed (yûzenzome: suri yûzen-zome, suri bokashizome, shigokizome utsushinori yûzenzome); outer sleeve lined with wool, plain weave; stenciled and resist dyed (yûzenzome: utsushinori yûzenzome).

Haori, 1920/26, Taishô period (1912–1926)

A work made of silk, plain weave; stenciled and resist dyed (yûzenzome: suri, utsushi, katazome, hikizome) with dyes and gold paste; embroidered with silk and metalized synthetic film on paper strip, laid work and couching; lined with silk, plain weave; with silk top stitching.

Hiyoku-no-tomesode, Shôwa period (1926–1989), c. 1960

A work made of silk, plain weave (chirimen); resist-dyed and painted (hon yûzenzome: itome and tsutsugaki); embroidered with silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in single back and stem stitches; laid work and couching.

Kuro Tomesode, Taishô period (1912–1926), c. 1915

A work made of silk and lacquered-paper-strips, 3:1 broken twill damask weave with supplementary patterning wefts and wtih creped ground wefts and self-patterned by areas of plain weave; lined with silk and rayon, warp-float faced 3:1 twill weave self-patterned by areas of plain weave; types of leather.

Haori, Shôwa period (1926–1989), c. 1935

<<<1945194619471948 >>>