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Unlined Summer Kimono (Hito-e) with Crickets, Grasshoppers, Cricket Cages, and Pampas Grass

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dark brown kimono with wide sleeves and a subtle wood grain texture, transitioning to lighter brown towards bottom. In the bottom half of each sleeve and the bottom center of the garment, depictions of crickets, grasshoppers, and pampas grass in shades of orange, brown, and green. Cricket cages shown on the bottom left and right sides of the garment. Three small white circular designs on top, one on each panel. The background of the image is a gray wall.

Artwork details

Date:
early 20th century
Medium:
Paste-resist dyed (yūzen) and painted silk gauze with embroidery
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
487 × 624 px
Museum record:
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