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The Kimono In PrintViewers are invited to explore the innuendos and transmutations of two highly specialized art forms of Japan: the kimono and woodblock print.
Both kimono design and print production reveal a history of technical innovations, iconographic insights, and the hands of numerous masters.
The national costume of Japan, the kimono's significance in a complex social setting demonstrates its function as a highly encoded work of art.
It has evolved through waves of fashion and textile advances, revealing to the garment-savvy Japanese public the social status of the wearer.
The multicolor woodblock prints that lavish consummate detail on the depiction of garments were themselves known as brocade pictures, or nishiki-e, when they emerged in the mid-1700s, alluding to their affinities with textiles.
Drawn largely from the Museum's permanent collection, the exhibition features prints produced between the 18th and 20th centuries.
Approximately 65 objects illuminate several themes: seasonality, decorum, fashion, technical milestones, and celebrities as subjects.
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October 16, 2007 | Viewed 31,629 time(s)
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