鼠絽地虫籠薄模様単衣, Unlined Summer Kimono (Hito-e) with Crickets, Grasshoppers, Cricket Cages, and Pampas Grass, Meiji period (1868–1912), early 20th century, Japan, Paste-resist dyed (yūzen) and painted silk gauze with embroidery, Overall: 65 × 50 in. (165.1 × 127 cm), Costumes, In Japan, insects beloved for their chirping song were sometimes caught or purchased and kept in cages. This robe features a variety of insects in cages amid pampas grass, evoking cool autumn days, which are often depicted on summer kimonos
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鼠絽地虫籠薄模様単衣, Unlined Summer Kimono, Hito-e, Crickets, Grasshoppers, Cricket Cages, Pampas Grass, Meiji period, 1868–1912, early 20th century, Japan, Paste-resist dyed, yūzen, painted silk gauze, embroidery, Overall, 65, 50, 165.1, 127 cm, Costumes, insects beloved, chirping song, sometimes caught, purchased, kept, cages, robe features, variety, insects, pampas grass, evoking cool, autumn, days, depicted, summer kimonos
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