id: 438202 accession number: 2020.424 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.424 updated: 2022-05-03 09:01:29.205000 Kimono, 1960s. Japan, Shōwa period (1926-89). Raw silk (tsumugi); ikat weave; 162.6 x 127 cm (64 x 50 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John C. Weber 2020.424 title: Kimono title in original language: 着物 series: series in original language: creation date: 1960s creation date earliest: 1960 creation date latest: 1969 current location: creditline: Gift of John C. Weber copyright: --- culture: Japan, Shōwa period (1926-89) technique: Raw silk (tsumugi); ikat weave department: Japanese Art collection: Japanese Art type: Textile find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: 162.6 x 127 cm (64 x 50 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Fifi White, Kansas City, KS date: footnotes: citations: Douglas Dawson, Chicago, IL, sold to John C. Weber date: ?-July 2, 1997 footnotes: citations: John C. Weber, New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: July 2, 1997-2020 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 2020- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: The pattern of the kimono was created using a hand tie-dyeing method called kasuri. digital description: The simple, geometric, flat design of this kimono was inspired by styles first made popular in the brief but culturally vibrant Taishō period (1912-26). The hand-spun raw silk, tsumugi in Japanese, has irregularities—small nubs—that give the textile a special texture favored by those who prized seeing evidence of the handmade nature of their garments. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES