DepartmentTextiles-Asia

Unlined Robe (Kosode)

NameRobe

Artist Artist Not Recorded

DateLate 18th century

Place madeEchigo (Niigata Prefecture), Japan, East Asia, Asia

MediumLinen, silk, and metallic thread

Dimensions60 × 48 in. (152.4003 × 121.9202 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Lloyd E. Cotsen and the Neutrogena Corporation, A.1995.93.645

Object numberA.1995.93.645

Collections

The Lloyd Cotsen & Neutrogena Collection

DescriptionA summer KOSODE (robe) of a pale pink linen. The bottom of the front and back are embroidered and dyed with scenes of multicolored iris growing in ponds which swirl under small foot bridges; made of linen, silk and metallic thread; techniques are embroidery and "Yuzen" (painted with dyes and resist dyed).