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A Hand Painted Child's Kimono: Soaring Cranes browse these categories for related items... Directory: Vintage Arts:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese:Textiles: Pre 1950: Item # 709752
Sri Textiles 18 Eckford Street, 2A Brooklyn, NY 11222 tel 718-599-2559 Guest Book sold |
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| ca. early to mid Twentieth century 32" x 30", 81 cm x 76 cm This is a beautiful child's cotton kimono, lavishly hand painted: the blue of the kimono is the clear, open sky which is studded with twenty-three soaring cranes: each one white with a scarlet cap of feathers. The hemline is painted very elaborately with a winding brook, a picturesque pine tree surrounded by bamboo, and soft mountains in the distance. The pine and crane are both traditional symbols of long life, and the bamboo is a traditional Japanese symbol of resilience, since it bends but does not break. Pay special attention to the green and orange thread that adorns the central back of the piece and on the front, at the tie. This is called semmamori, and it is a talismanic stitch, applied with the intention to protect the child who is wearing the kimono. There is some wear and fraying to the collar of the piece, to the proper left sleeve, both tip and top. Otherwise if good condition. The interior is of scarlet colored cotton. | |||||||||||||||
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