Woman's kimono
Medium:Stencilled and painted cotton tabby
Geography: Okinawa (Ryukyu Islands), Japan
Date: late 19th century
Period: Edo Period or Meiji Period
Dimensions:127.6 x 138.5 cm
Object number: 966.68
DescriptionThis multicoloured kimono is stencilled with a single repeating pattern of bamboo, prunus, pine, cloud forms, and flying cranes. Visual variety has been achieved by reversing the direction of the stenciling in each of the four contiguous panels that form the body and sleeves.