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Tsuzureya

Western Woman’s Short Sleeved Black Kimono

2009

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Tsuzureya

Tsuzureya

Western Woman’s Short Sleeved Black Kimono

2009

Physical Qualities Silk, dye, pigment, metal foil, metal-leafed paper strips wrapped around silk or cotton thread core, silk embroidery threads, silk lining , 62 1/2 × 56 1/2 in. (158.8 × 143.5 cm.)

Credit Line Gift of Charles W. Newhall III, Baltimore

Object Number 2014.81.1

The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2014; Charles Newhall, Baltimore by purchase, Tokyo, Japan

Anita Jones and Ann Marie Moeller, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD, "Kimono and Obi: Romantic Echoes from Japan's Golden Age," July 10, 2016 - January 15, 2017.

Inscribed: A long envelope with gold Japanese lettering accompanies this kimono. The envelope contains 2 pieces of silk, half dyed in black belonging to the woman's kimono; Inscriptions printed in black on sample Fragment A include: "1304204" and red stamp with Japanese characters, Reverse Side: printed in black: "5994," "3043," "3" and red stamp wiith Japanese characters.