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Summer kimono
(Yukata)
Meiji period 1868-1912
- Medium
- cotton
- Measurements
- 147.4 cm (centre back) 130.5 cm (cuff to cuff)
- Place/s of Execution
- Japan
- Accession Number
- 2013.696
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by the Hon. Michael Watt QC and Cecilie Hall, 2013
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Gordon Darling Foundation - Gallery location
- Special Exhibitions Gallery
Ground Level, NGV International - About this work
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This yukata was created using a traditional Japanese tsutsugaki yuzen resist-dyeing technique, in which a glutinous mix of rice flour and water is applied to the cotton fabric using a tool with a nozzle, similar to a cake-icing bag. Featured here are more than ten different types of flowers, including hydrangeas, clematises, chrysanthemums, wisteria, irises, peonies, plum blossoms, lilies, bush clovers and bell flowers.