kimono

A mask for Noh theater. Photo: Tokyo National Museum This exhibition will be held as the largest event of "Japan Year 2009 in Milan". Through works from the Azuchi-Momoyama to Edo period, it highlights differences between Kyoto and Edo culture by exploring developments in Japanese art in the spheres of the warrior class, courtiers and townspeople alike.A total of 214 objects will be on view, such as Rakuchu-rakugai Byobu (Scenes In and Around Kyoto), armors, swords, paintings, works related to literature, calligraphy.... [Lire la suite]

Kiichi Asano, Untitled, 1953 Silver Print. Image size: 12.5 x 17.5 in. (31.8 x 44.5 cm) Paper Size: 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm) Signed, titled, dated and editioned with artist and estate stamps in Japanese ink on verso - Estimate: from $2,500 to $3,500 Kiichi Asano, A rainy Commencement Ceremony day, January 1953’ (ladies in kimonos with parasols), 1953 Silver Print, 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)  Signed, titled, dated and editioned with artist and estate stamps in Japanese ink on verso - Estimate: from $2,500... [Lire la suite]

Woman's formal long-sleeved kimono (furisode), Taisho period, 1920s. Motif: Boat filled with flowers; water, maple leaf, plum and pine. Crest: paulownia. Silk crepe, plain weave; handpainted, rice-paste resist outlining (yuzen): couched gold, couched silver, and silk thread embroidery, 68 3/5 x 50 1/2 inches. The Jeffrey Montgomery Collection TYLER, TX.- The Tyler Museum of Art casts an eye to the Far East as the venue prepares for its major summer exhibition, Fashioning Kimono: Art Deco and Modernism in Japan. The exhibition,... [Lire la suite]

Gerroku-Style, 1905-1920, collection Jan Dees The kimono is part of Japan's most well known cultural heritage. Within the scope of the 400 year jubilee of Japanese-Dutch trading relations (1609-2009) the Kunsthal presents the exhibition Silk Stories, in which the development of the kimono, in the form of various fabrics, hand made decorations and new techniques takes up central position. The word kimono is a collective term for a variety of traditional pieces of clothing and can be translated as ‘thing to wear'. For the first... [Lire la suite]