Theatrical Kimono and Trousers (Hakama)
Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912)
Indigo dyed cotton and ramie plain-weave decorated with resist dyeing
technique creating family crest
(mon) motifs trimmed with natural leather strips. This type of
ensemble appears in kyogen theater, the
comic interludes between plays in Noh theater.
Kent State University Museum
Gift of Joseph L. Brotherton
KSUM 1986.134.0001
Included
in the Exhibition
Mood
Indigo Broadbent Gallery, September 27, 2007, to August 31, 2008
Dr. Anne Bissonnette, Curator
It has received support through an
Ohio Arts Council Sustainability Grant.