Haori

Japan

Date

1920/26, Taishô period (1912–1926)

Medium

Silk, plain weave; stenciled and resist dyed and painted (yûzenzome: utsushinori); back: lined with silk, plain weave; stenciled and resist dyed (yûzenzome: suri yûzen-zome, suri bokashizome, shigokizome utsushinori yûzenzome); outer sleeve lined with wool, plain weave; stenciled and resist dyed (yûzenzome: utsushinori yûzenzome)

Dimensions

99 × 125.4 cm (39 × 49 3/8 in.) Repeat: 29.3 × 16.2 cm (11 1/2 × 6 3/8 in.) Shoulder to hem: 95.2 cm (37 1/2 in.) Sleeve length: 51.4 cm (20 1/4 in.) Width at hem: 60.8 cm (24 in.) Width of sleeve panel: 33 cm (13 in.) Width of collar band: 24.2 cm (9 1/2 in.)

Department

Textiles

Credit line

Gift of Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays