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Title: Woman's kimono with abstract design
Date Created and/or Issued: [between 1900 and 1950]
Publication Information: Japan
Contributing Institution: UC Merced, Library and Special Collections
Collection: Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture collection
Rights Information: Public Domain
Material in public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: Medium: Silk, plain weave, stencil-printed warp and weft threads (heiyō-gasuri meisen)
Annotations/Markings: No signature, seals, or inscriptions.
Acquisition: Partial Gift/Partial Purchase from Natalie Fitz-Gerald
Funding: Digitization funded by an Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Leadership Grant (LG 30-02-0260-02) awarded to the University of California, Merced Library.
Type: image
Format: 1 kimono; 147 x 125 cm.
Form/Genre: kimonos
20th century
meisen
Identifier: ark:/86071/d2xq5s
2005.071
Subject: allover patterns
undulate bands
abstraction
black (color)
grayish purple
light gray
Time Period: 20th century, meisen

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