Boy’s Kimono with Streamline Train

ca. mid-1930s

Not on view

In 1932 Japan invaded Manchuria, a large region of northeast China, and established a puppet state there. Two years later, the Japanese-run South Manchuria Railway opened the Asia Express, a train that could make the trip from Dalian to Xinjing in only eight and a half hours. Averaging 82.5 kilometers per hour and topping out at 120, the train’s speed rivaled lines in the United States and Europe. The Asia Express became the symbol of an ultramodern empire.

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Title: Boy’s Kimono with Streamline Train
Period: Shōwa period (1926–89)
Date: ca. mid-1930s
Culture: Japan
Medium: Plain-weave wool muslin with printing
Dimensions: 33 × 30 in. (83.8 × 76.2 cm)
Classification: Costumes
Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 2014
Object Number: 2014.236
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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