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Unlined Summer Kimono (Hito-e) with Plovers in Flight over Stylized Waves

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The kimono has a blue base color. The sleeves are wide and straight. Short, four-pronged white designs are on the top center of each sleeve. A seam runs down the center back. The bottom has a white and blue stylized wave design with white birds flying over waves. A white curvilinear design is at the bottom edge. The background is gray.

Artwork details

Medium:
Embroidered and resist-dyed silk gauze (ro)
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
465 × 624 px
Museum record:
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