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Pair of Japanese Woman’s Socks (tabi)

2009

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Pair of Japanese Woman’s Socks (tabi)

2009

Physical Qualities Polyester,
Credit Line Gift of Charles W. Newhall III, Baltimore
Object Number 2014.81.1g
Pair of woman's white polyester socks with separated toe (tabi) in original plastic wrapper. White sole. White uppers, White lining. Five metal "hooks" on one side of heel and five double thread "eyes" on the other side of heel on both. Size: Large. Donated in original wrapper.
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.

Inscribed: Package reads "4L 27.0-28.0cm" and Japanese characters. Much writing in Japanese on plastic bag or container in which tabi were housed as accessioned. Translations in progress.

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