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[Off-white silk kimono with plum blossom design]
Date1880-1920
Mediumsilk, gold thread, silver thread
DimensionsL: 58.5 in, center back: 24.5 in
ClassificationsGeneral Collection
Credit LineGift of Barbara Kawakami
Object number2004.1.127
Description1 kimono : silk ; 58.5 x 24.5 (center back) in., sleeves 24 x 12 in. (tapering to 11.5 in.), collar 4.25 in. wide.;Off-white kimono with plum blossom (ume) design on exterior and interior of front panel at hemline. Ume flowers and branches are hand painted in charcoal gray, green and gold ink; center of dark flowers are stitched with gold thread; small round "buds" are satin stitched in silver-gray thread. Lined with off-white silk batiste three-quarters of front and back panels, sleeves and collar. There is a Kamon (family crest) design of a butterfly with diamond-shaped flower in purple ink located on center back below collar, back of both sleeves and front chest (same as 2004.1.125 and 126).
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Tazawa, Elsie
1930-1939