late 19th century
Japanese
33.542
Not currently on view
68-1/2 x 51 in.
The Eliza M. and Sarah L. Niblack Collection
Only women of the highest-ranking samurai clan could wear brown silk garments. The raised weave resembling embroidery was used exclusively for court costumes, religious garments and temple furnishings.
The kimono depicts green turtles with trailing seaweed, alternating with a white stylized motif of either a crane or a butterfly. This garment was the outermost formal coat of a woman’s court costume during the Edo period (1600-1868), and the style is prevalent today.
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