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Man’s Under Kimono (Nagajuban) with Mount Fuji

second quarter 20th century

Not on view

Snow-covered Mount Fuji adorns this fashionable nagajuban, which is made of a soft, lightweight plain-weave silk (habutai) similar to taffeta. The large, stylized design of the sacred mountain was rendered against a dark blue ground in stitch-and-bind resist technique (nuishime-shibori), with a painstakingly executed gradation from white to deep gray. The dark hue delicately contrasts with the deep blue ground. Mount Fuji is one of the most represented subjects in Japanese art, depicted on hanging scrolls, folding screens, woodblock prints, ceramics, and lacquerware, and features prominently in Japanese literature. On this robe, the perfectly shaped mountain, revered in Shinto and Buddhism, is a symbol of good fortune.

Man’s Under Kimono (Nagajuban) with Mount Fuji, Plain-weave silk with stitched tie-dyeing, Japan — This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Man’s Under Kimono (Nagajuban) with Mount Fuji, Plain-weave silk with stitched tie-dyeing, Japan

Man’s Under Kimono (Nagajuban) with Mount Fuji, Plain-weave silk with stitched tie-dyeing, Japan

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藍羽二重地富士山模様男物長襦袢

Title: Man’s Under Kimono (Nagajuban) with Mount Fuji

Period: Showa period (1926–89)

Date: second quarter 20th century

Culture: Japan

Medium: Plain-weave silk with stitched tie-dyeing

Dimensions: 55 1/2 × 52 in. (141 × 132.1 cm)

Classification: Costumes

Credit Line: Promised Gift of John C. Weber

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