Kimono Item Number: 1404/15 c from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Red kimono with printed designs in the iro tomesode (色留袖) style. The neck and centre opening are edged with a wide red band. The sleeves are short with hanging panels and an opening under the arms. The lower front has bird and bamboo motifs in cream, brown, black, red, orange and yellow on red ground. The inner lining is red silk. It has five family crests or kamon (家紋) in the shape of three paulownia flowers on top of three paulownia leaves known as gosan no kiri (五三の桐).
History Of Use
Iro tomesode (色留袖; coloured tomesode) is a style of formal kimono worn by married and unmarried women, on formal occasions such as weddings. Tomesode have short sleeves and patterns below the waist line, usually on the lower part of the garment, and family crests (mon or kamon). It is rather unusual for this type of kimono to be made of bright red fabric.
Item History
- Made in Japan before 1931
- Collected during 1931
- Owned by James Wheeler Davidson and Lillian Dow Davidson
- Owned by Marjory D. Abramson before January 4, 1990
- Received from Marjory D. Abramson (Donor) on January 4, 1990
What
- Name
- Kimono
- Identification Number
- 1404/15 c
- Type of Item
- kimono
- Material
- silk fibre, metal and dye
- Overall
- height 169.0 cm, width 126.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Japanese
- Previous Owner
- James Wheeler Davidson, Lillian Dow Davidson and Marjory D. Abramson
- Received from
- Marjory D. Abramson (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Japan
When
- Creation Date
- before 1931
- Collection Date
- during 1931
- Ownership Date
- before January 4, 1990
- Acquisition Date
- on January 4, 1990
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 1404/0015 c