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kimono
mid 20th century
A dark blue woven man's kimono with a small repeat pattern woven in white on navy blue, and a blue lining. The collar panel runs halfway down the garment and the sleeves are open on the top half onl...
haori
mid 20th Century
A short, unlined woman's haori (jacket), hand stitched from printed crepe, with attached waist ties. Haori are cut in the style of a short kimono but are worn open to show the garment underneath. Th...
kimono
1960s - late 1970s
A man's wool kimono, in dark blue with a vertical pin stripe of blue and black with white flecking, and grey speckled felted lining.
haori
early 20th-mid 20th Century
A red and white shibori haori (a short tunic worn open over the kimono), possibly remodelled from a kimono, with a cloud design, a white diamond design damask lining and tasselled ties with metalic th...
stencil
early 19th-mid 20th Century
This katagami stencil, used in resist dyeing of fabric, depicts turtles and boxes with lids attached with cords. It represents the story of Urashima Taro, a fisherman who released a turtle caught in ...
haori
mid 20th century
A dark blue woven man's haori with a small repeat pattern woven in white on navy blue. This material forms the lower lining, while the upper lining is plain navy blue. The collar panel runs down the l...
kimono
20th century
This kimono was designed for wear by a man. This is indicated by the shape of the sleeves which have been completely sewn closed under the arm, unlike the open sleeve seen on a woman’s kimono. It ...
haori
early 20th century
A man's heavy black silk haori with small repeated white embroidered circular family crests of five petal flower symbols within circles on breasts, sleeves and back. The collar panel runs the full le...
under kimono
mid 20th century
A man's under kimono with multi-patterned all over print in white, grey, black and blue, and a black silk collar. The lower front collar panels are of the same printed material. The lining is blue. ...
fukusa
late 18th-19th Century
The face fabric of this fukusa (gift cover) consists of navy blue silk satin which is backed onto an orange silk fabric. Metallic gold coloured tassels are attached to three of the four corners. The...
kimono
mid 20th Century
A long unlined woman's kimono, hand stitched from printed cotton crepe, with some machine stitching to reinforce the collar and sleeves. The oblong sleeves have an opening at the top and inner side, b...