Robe

Description

Woman's outer robe (uchikake), of rep silk, Yuzen resist-dyed and embroidered with design of maple branches (outlined with couched gold thread) above a festive curtain, with court carriage and Genji incense symbol beneath collar, with padded hem and red silk lining: Japan, 1868 - 1900

Museum reference

A.1929.317

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Robe

Production information

Japan, East Asia

Date

Second half 19th century

Style / Culture

Meiji period, Japanese

Materials

Silk

Physical description

Rep silk with gold thread and red silk

References

Reproduced in Fukai Akiko 深井晃子, et al., Yoroppa ni nemuru 'kimono' ヨーロッパに眠る「きもの」 (Tokyo Bijutsu, 2017), p. 57.