Skeletons Pulling the Sleeve of a Beauty
美女の袖を引く骸骨たち
Kyosai Kawanabe
河鍋暁斎
Kawanabe Kyōsai (河鍋 暁斎?, May 18, 1831 – April 26, 1889)
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Shibori kimono. Taisho period (1912-1926), Japan. The Kimono Gallery. A silk shibori kimono featuring large ‘yabane’ (arrow-feather) motifs of shibori with silk and metallic thread embroidery highlights. This kimono is patterned entirely in fine shibori (tie-die). The arrow feather (yabane) motif first became fashionable in Japan as early as the Heian era – initially with martial connotations – and during the Edo era it was often used on kimono for ladies in waiting. The motif was very popular on schoolgirl and teacher kasuri (ikat) kimonos of the mid to late Meiji period. During the Taisho and early Showa periods the yabane was a popular woman’s kimono motif, created via shibori, stenciling, or yuzen-dyeing. The arrow-feather motifs were most often vertical, but sometimes created at an angle, as in this example. The Yabane pattern, like most geometric motifs, is all-season, however, it has an auspicious association with weddings – like an arrow shot from a bow a bride does not return to her parents’ house. This kimono would have been very expensive to create - the shibori work itself would have taken a few months to complete. The white silk embroidery on the two arrow-feather motifs situated on lower left of the kimono is very visible from a distance, and provides a tasteful change from the other plainer motifs. The motifs are randomly scattered throughout the kimono 'canvas’, resulting in a casual relaxed atmosphere. The “speckled” appearance of the yellow background color is an accomplished effect: many thousands of tie-dye knots were once placed here to be able to achieve the slightly puckered yellow dots on black background speckled look.
Girl in a White Kimono (1849), and Girl in Red Kimono (1893-1895), by George Hendrik Breitner (1857–1923)
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George Hendrik Breitner (1857–1923)
Girl in a White Kimono (1849), and Girl in Red Kimono (1893-1895) - Netherlands
Following yesterday’s kimono, here is a new summer yabane (arrow) kimono paired this time with a kikyo (bellflower) over fan obi
Shibori (tie-dye) kimono. Taisho (period 1912-1926), Japan. The Kimono Gallery. A remarkable rinzu silk kimono featuring all shibori motifs of paulownia and a waterfall. There are embroidery highlights in some of the upper areas in front and back, as well as broad gold-metallic wide threads inserted in outline areas of some of the paulownia motifs. The single mon (family crest in the upper backside is completely embroidered. This mon is a rare one for kimonos, as it represents the wheel of the ox-drawn carriage, and is based on the Heian-period classic, The Tale of Genji. The Japanese have traditionally had a love of waterfalls, and also of the paulownia tree and leaves. According to legend, the mythical phoenix, bird of immortality, alights only in the branches of the paulownia tree when it comes to earth. The paulownia is referred to as the “Princess Tree”. An old tradition of Japanese families is to plant a Paulownia when a baby girl is born into the family. As the girl grows up and gets married the family cuts down the tree and creates a dresser for her wedding present. This would have been a very expensive kimono to create, especially the shibori tie-dye, which would have taken a several months of work by expert designers and craftspeople.
Vrouw in Japansche kimono (Geesje Kwak): girl in a white kimono (c.1893). George Hendrik Breitner (Dutch, 1857-1923). Oil on canvas.
The painting possesses a delicate tone and tranquility. Breitner focused on rendering the decorative components of the kimono fabric and the patterns on the screen. He also absorbed the two-dimensional style and the compositional elements of the Japanese print. The various decorative fields are very clearly defined but still form a coherent whole and the rich colours form strong contrasts.