Summer Kimono with Design of Plovers, Waves, Chinese Bellflowers, Pinks, Pines, Carriages, and Fences

Japan

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This light, silk gauze summer kimono has a traditional design, depicting court carriages (gosho-kuruma), pinks, bellflowers, and pines along with flying plovers and flowing water. The court carriage pattern was traditionally associated with the aristocracy and for a long time only high-ranking ladies wore kimonos embellished with that pattern. The court carriage also alludes to the Tale of Genji. Against the light grey ground, the flowers and carriages are depicted in white with pastel hues, while the plovers are black.

Summer Kimono with Design of Plovers, Waves, Chinese Bellflowers, Pinks, Pines, Carriages, and Fences, Silk gauze; paste-resist dyeing, Japan

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Summer Kimono with Design of Plovers, Waves, Chinese Bellflowers, Pinks, Pines, Carriages, and Fences, Silk gauze; paste-resist dyeing, Japan
Summer Kimono with Design of Plovers, Waves, Chinese Bellflowers, Pinks, Pines, Carriages, and Fences, Silk gauze; paste-resist dyeing, Japan
Summer Kimono with Design of Plovers, Waves, Chinese Bellflowers, Pinks, Pines, Carriages, and Fences, Silk gauze; paste-resist dyeing, Japan
Summer Kimono with Design of Plovers, Waves, Chinese Bellflowers, Pinks, Pines, Carriages, and Fences, Silk gauze; paste-resist dyeing, Japan

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