Ichiroya (Kimono Flea Market)
Fisherman’s Festival Kimono
1899
Physical Qualities
Cotton, 50 × 49 1/4 in. (127 × 125.1 cm.)
Credit Line
Jeffrey Krauss Collection of Japanese Textiles
Object Number
2017.418
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2017; Jeff Krauss, Potomac, MD, by purchase 2006 from Ichiroya
Inscribed: Printed in Japanese produced through resist within the banner held in the beck of the crane on reverse: "Banzai" [a celebratory word in Japanese - literally "ban", or man and [10,000] "zai", or "sai" meaning years of life] Printed in Japanese produced through resist on the collar: "Wakamiya gumi" [Wakamiya group, a location, company, or association that has yet to be identified]
