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Men’s jacket (haori) with cityscape and samurai film set

Men’s jacket (haori) with cityscape and samurai film set
 c. 1930

Medium
silk, cotton
Measurements
93.0 cm (centre back) 124.5 cm (cuff to cuff)
Place/s of Execution
Japan
Accession Number
2017.1261
Department
Asian Art
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Maureen Morrisey Bequest, 2018
Gallery location
Special Exhibitions Gallery
Ground Level, NGV International
About this work

Japanese cinema was particularly productive during the 1920s and 1930s, with 562 films produced in 1937 alone. Many of these films were lost during the Second World War: of the 1249 films produced by the leading Japanese film studio Shochiku between 1920 and 1936, only fifty remain. Cinema motifs on textiles displayed both traditional and contemporary film scenes, with this dramatic example illustrating a samurai-period film set alongside a modern cityscape featuring trams and cars.