Robe (Kosode) with Spring Rice Fields
This robe exemplifies the late Edo period’s minimalist aesthetic in fashion, characterized by simple "white-reserve” (shiro-age) patterns on a monochrome ground. The compositions were rendered in paste, which would resist the dye subsequently applied to the white fabric. Here, the resulting rural landscape features newly planted, spring rice fields, the paths between them dotted with baskets embellished in ink by hand. Because rice cultivation has long played an essential role in Japanese culture, the paddies where the crop is grown are a frequent subject in art and often symbolize Japanese identity.
Artwork Details
- 茄子紺縮緬地春稲田模様小袖
- Title: Robe (Kosode) with Spring Rice Fields
- Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
- Date: late 18th–first half 19th century
- Culture: Japan
- Medium: Plain-weave silk crepe with resist-dyeing and hand-painting
- Dimensions: 67 × 47 in. (170.2 × 119.4 cm)
- Classification: Costumes
- Credit Line: Purchase, Roy R. and Marie S. Neuberger Foundation Inc. and several members of The Chairman's Council Gifts, 2000 Benefit Fund, and funds from various donors, 2001
- Object Number: 2001.428.54
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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