Kosode with Plum, Pine and Bamboo (the Three Friends) and floret lozenges
Kosode with Plum, Pine and Bamboo (the Three Friends) and floret lozenges

EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)

細節
Kosode with Plum, Pine and Bamboo (the Three Friends) and floret lozenges
Edo period (18th century)
White figured satin with embroidery, couched gold threads, brushed pigment and stenciled kanoko
58 7/8 x 46½in. (149.5 x 118cm.)
來源
Okao Collection

拍品專文

The uchikake is a formal outer garment for cool weather, worn unbelted over the kosode.

During the Edo period, closely spaced, small circles (kanoko, literally "fawn spots") were tie-dyed decoration on women's kosode. As demand grew among the court and military aristocracy, this slow and expensive process was replaced by a stenciled imitation known as kata-kanoko, or surihitta. Resist paste was applied through a stencil, and then the fabric was dip-dyed. After the dye had dried and the paste was removed, leaving a pattern of white spots, the central eye-like dot in each white spot was painted in by hand.