Pair of Japanese Woman’s Shoes (zori)
2009
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Pair of Japanese Woman’s Shoes (zori)
2009
Physical Qualities
Vinyl, leather (?), silk (?), rubber (?), 10 1/2 x 3 5/8 × 2 3/4 in. (26.7 x 9.2 × 7 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Charles W. Newhall III, Baltimore
Object Number
2014.81.1h
A pair of zori or Japanese woman's shoes. Composed of gold metallic colored vinyl inner sole and sides, light blue leather (?) outer sole, a rubber (or vinyl) heel plate. The thong (hanao) portion is of a velvet or velvet-like fabric with low knap in off-white and yellow, embroidered in silk threads of red-violet, multiple shades of green, blue, and other colors of silk threads in with patterns of waves, flowers, and other motifs.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2014; Charles Newhall, Baltimore by purchase, Tokyo, Japan
Annie Van Assche (ed.), "Fashioning Kimono: Dress and Modernity in Early Twentieth-Century Japan," The Montgomery Collection, published in conjuntion with the exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, 13 October 2005-1 May 2006, Milan, Italy: 5 Continents, 2005.
Jill Liddell, "The Story of the Kimono." New York: E.P. Dutton, 1989.
Seiroku Noma, "Japanese Costume and Textile Arts." New York: Weatherhill/Heibonsha, 1983.
Norio Yomanaka, "The Book of Kimono." Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1986.
Ken-Ichi Kawakatsu, "Kimono." Tokyo: Japan Travel Bureau, 1954.
Ishimura Hayao and Muriyama Nobuhiko, "Robes of Elegance, Japanese Kimonos of the 16th-20th Centuries." Raleigh, N.C.: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1988.
Merrily A. Peebles, "Dressed in Splendor: Japanese Costume 1700-1926." Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1987.
"The New Encyclopaedia Britannica in 30 Volumes," 15th ed., s.v. "Japan, History of." Chicago: Helen Hemingway Benton, 1974.
"The New Encyclopaedia Britannica in 30 Volumes," 15th ed., s.v. "Ashikaga Takauji." Chicago: Helen Hemingway Benton, 1974.
Gunter, Susan. "Japanese Design Motifs and Their Symbolism as used on Itajime-dyed Juban." master\., University of Georgia, 2003.
https://www.fcs.uga.edu/ss/docs/gunter_susan_e_200305_ms.pdf.
Jill Liddell, "The Story of the Kimono." New York: E.P. Dutton, 1989.
Seiroku Noma, "Japanese Costume and Textile Arts." New York: Weatherhill/Heibonsha, 1983.
Norio Yomanaka, "The Book of Kimono." Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1986.
Ken-Ichi Kawakatsu, "Kimono." Tokyo: Japan Travel Bureau, 1954.
Ishimura Hayao and Muriyama Nobuhiko, "Robes of Elegance, Japanese Kimonos of the 16th-20th Centuries." Raleigh, N.C.: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1988.
Merrily A. Peebles, "Dressed in Splendor: Japanese Costume 1700-1926." Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1987.
"The New Encyclopaedia Britannica in 30 Volumes," 15th ed., s.v. "Japan, History of." Chicago: Helen Hemingway Benton, 1974.
"The New Encyclopaedia Britannica in 30 Volumes," 15th ed., s.v. "Ashikaga Takauji." Chicago: Helen Hemingway Benton, 1974.
Gunter, Susan. "Japanese Design Motifs and Their Symbolism as used on Itajime-dyed Juban." master\., University of Georgia, 2003.
https://www.fcs.uga.edu/ss/docs/gunter_susan_e_200305_ms.pdf.
