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Kimono with Peonies

ca. 1930s

Not on view

This extravagant, richly decorated kimono (hōmongi) depicts a garden with flowering peonies of all colors. The realistically depicted petals and leaves are influenced by Western oil paintings. It is made of silk crepe with occasional weft-patterning of staggered lines in silk and metallic threads. The patterns are stencil paste-resist dyed (kata-yūzen), painted, and embroidered with silk and metallic threads, with applied gold paste (kindei-gaki). It is lined with bright pink silk crepe and has light padding at the hem.

Kimono with Peonies, Weft-patterned silk plain weave (crepe), stencil-dyed, painted with gold paste, and embroidered with silk and metallic threads, Japan — This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

黄金縮緬地牡丹模様着物

Title: Kimono with Peonies

Period: Shōwa period (1926–89)

Date: ca. 1930s

Culture: Japan

Medium: Weft-patterned silk plain weave (crepe), stencil-dyed, painted with gold paste, and embroidered with silk and metallic threads

Dimensions: Center back: 62 3/4 in. (159.4 cm)
Center front: 62 5/8 in. (159.1 cm)

Classification: Textiles-Costumes

Credit Line: Lent by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Gift of Gordon Stone

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