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[Indigo Kurume gasuri jacket, Fukuoka, Japan, ca. 1930]
[Indigo Kurume gasuri jacket, Fukuoka, Japan, ca. 1930]
[Indigo Kurume gasuri jacket, Fukuoka, Japan, ca. 1930]

[Indigo Kurume gasuri jacket, Fukuoka, Japan, ca. 1930]

Date1925-1935
Mediumcotton
DimensionsH: 22 in, W: 23 in
ClassificationsGeneral Collection
Credit LineGift of Barbara Kawakami
Object number2004.1.33
Description1 kasuri jacket : cotton ; 22 x 23 in.;Indigo blue check pattern jacket with bone button closure at mandarin collar. Complicated Kurume gasuri pattern alternates between dark indigo blue squares,squares with tiny herringbone pattern, and natural color (slightly blue-maybe die bleeding) squares. Plain set-in sleeves and no cuffs. Three unmatching buttons on proper front left side, bone button on top and one plastic.

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