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Kimono with pine, bamboo, and topiary holly trees

Serizawa Keisuke Japanese

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The kimono designs of Serizawa represent only a small portion of his overall production, which included folding screens, book illustrations, shop entrance curtains, and so forth. He emerged from the 1930s Mingei (Japanese Folk Crafts) movement to achieve the status of Living National Treasure in 1956. The depiction of pine, bamboo, and topiary holly on a deep indigo ground is emblematic of Serizawa’s participation, along with other members of the Mingei movement, in the revival of traditional forms and techniques. Serizawa studied Okinawa bingata, a stencil-dyeing technique with a colorful dye palette, and preferred cutting stencils and dyeing fabrics himself, rather than relying on a division of labor.

Kimono with pine, bamboo, and topiary holly trees, Serizawa Keisuke (Japanese, 1895–1984), Plain-weave pongee silk with stencil-dyeing, Japan

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Kimono with pine, bamboo, and topiary holly trees, Serizawa Keisuke (Japanese, 1895–1984), Plain-weave pongee silk with stencil-dyeing, Japan
Kimono with pine, bamboo, and topiary holly trees, Serizawa Keisuke (Japanese, 1895–1984), Plain-weave pongee silk with stencil-dyeing, Japan

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