Bride’s yuzen-painted furisode. 1930s, Japan.
A kinsha (fine crepe) silk furisode featuring bold and graphic
yuzen-painted pine, crane and wave motifs. Gold foil outlining. The embroidery
highlights include sagara (tiny knots) on the crane heads, metallic embroidery
on crane tail-feathers, and simple silk embroidery on crane feathers as well as
on the red waves and yellow pine branches on the tips of the sleeves and lower
front, to yield strategic light reflection areas to enhance the overall effect
when the garment moved. Bokashi shading on all the oversized pines. The hem on
this tall garment is slightly padded, as it was intended to fall and drape
slightly on the floor. Five mon (family crests). The Kimono Gallery
