Woman’s Kimono with Planes and Hinomaru Flags, 黒地絣戦闘機日の丸模様着物, Shōwa period (1926–89), ca. 1940s, Japan, Silk (kasuri) with gold thread, 58 × 47 in. (147.3 × 119.4 cm), Textiles-Costumes, This luxurious and rare woman’s propaganda kimono appears to have been custom-made by a couture designer for a wealthy patron. The elegant black silk robe has abstract vignettes woven with gold thread and colored yarns (kasuri, an ikat technique that employs a resist-dyeing process on the yarns) of the Hinomaru (Rising Sun) flag of Japan, fighter planes, bombers, the crenellations of the Great Wall of China, and barbed wire on wood x-frames
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Woman’s Kimono, Planes, Hinomaru Flags, 黒地絣戦闘機日の丸模様着物, Shōwa period, 1926–89, ca, 1940s, Japan, Silk, kasuri, gold thread, 58, 47, 147.3, 119.4 cm, Textiles-Costumes, luxurious, rare woman, propaganda, kimono, custom, couture designer, wealthy patron, elegant black, silk, robe, abstract vignettes, woven, colored yarns, ikat technique, employs, resist-dyeing process, yarns, Hinomaru, Rising Sun, flag, fighter planes, bombers, crenellations, Great Wall, China, barbed wire, wood x-frames
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