Summer Kimono (Hito-e) with Waves and Waterdrops

Japan

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Waves were a major theme in Japanese painting and prints and the subject of the archipelago’s most iconic artwork, The Great Wave, by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849). The playful design on this unlined gauze- or leno-weave summer kimono modernizes that print’s turbulent waters by depicting only the foaming swells and splashing blue droplets. The weaving technique creates an airy fabric with fine stripes of openwork.

Summer Kimono (Hito-e) with Waves and Waterdrops, Printed gauze-weave (ro) silk, Japan

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Summer Kimono (Hito-e) with Waves and Waterdrops, Printed gauze-weave (ro) silk, Japan
Summer Kimono (Hito-e) with Waves and Waterdrops, Printed gauze-weave (ro) silk, Japan

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