Piece from a Summer Kosode (katabira) with Blossoming Cherry Branch

Medium

Resist-dyed and painted plain-weave bast fiber (asa), embroidered with silk and metallic thread

Dimensions

Sight: 8 5/8 x 4 15/16 in. (21.9 x 12.5 cm)

Classification

Textiles-Dyed and Embroidered

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Sue Cassidy Clark, in honor of Dr. Barbara Brennan Ford, 2008

Accession Number

2008.335.50

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