Woman's Formal Black Silk Furisode with Yuzenzome and Katazome Design Very long body and long sleeves with rounded corner and opening on edge closest to the body; long straight collar extends halfway down the body and is wide so it can be folded in half lengthwise (tacked in place), around is the neck is a reinforcement of self fabric stitched with white thread. Black silk crepe lined with red habutae silk lining extending 3/4 down the garment and into the sleeves; self-fabric lines the bottom 1/4 of the garment and the inner edge of the sleeves. Hand stitched. Yuzenzome and katazome design extends halfway up the front and a 1/4 of the way up the back of the kimono, across the top back and shoulders and along the lower 2/3 of the sleeves. Yuzenzome (paste resist, hand painted) and Katazome (paste resist, stencil) design in purple, light blue, bright blue, navy blue, grey, white (resist), tan, yellowish green, olive green, moss green, yellowish gold, orange in various shades, silver and gold. Primary motifs are folding fans with ribbons and tassels (some closed and some open) and a palace carriage which has accents of gold couching, one fan is outlined with gold couching and decorated with two cranes which have feathers and beaks with gold couching and two flowers accented with embroidered satin stitch. Other motifs are pine branches, chrysanthemums, cherry blossoms, maple leaves, bamboo leaves, persimmon, peony, bush clover, orchids, plum, water motifs and kanoko shibori (deer spot) accents (created with a stencil). The overall design continues on the interior bottom quarter of the kimono. At the back of each sleeve and at each shoulder is there are 5 white mon (Hara family crest) of a large circle at the top overlapped with two smaller circles at the bottom inside a ring representing charcoal arranged in a brazier. This formal kimono would be worn by a young woman according to the long length and rounded corners of sleeves, red lining, the extent of design coverage, boldness of design and color, and the 5 mon.

1997.001.001