Uchikake Kosode with windy seashore and fishing scene
(late 18th century)
- Medium
- crepe silk, paste resist dyeing, embroidery
- Measurements
- 166.0 cm (centre back) 123.0 cm (cuff to cuff)
- Place/s of Execution
- Japan
- Accession Number
- 2024.89
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Janet Whiting and Phil Lukies, 2024 - Gallery location
- Special Exhibitions Gallery
Ground Level, NGV International - About this work
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Uchikake, or formal outer kimono, were produced for samurai or wealthy merchant-class women. This example displays a windy seashore scene with boats, reeds, pine trees and drying fishing nets. The decoration was produced with a combination of embriodery and yuzen resist-dyeing techniques. Yuzen was increasingly used during the eighteenth and ninteenth centuries as a quicker and more affordable decoration technique.