Vintage Japanese Silk Kimono Kiku Hanazume Suso on Deep Green Gold Bokashi Showa Tray Measures 37" overall

Measures 37" overall

Department of Art History

symbolizing harmony among traditions

particularly on the drum and accessories

crafted in solid cast iron and designed in a distinctive ancient-coin inspired pattern

Vintage Japanese Silk Kimono Kiku Hanazume Suso on Deep Green Gold Bokashi Showa Tray Measures 37" overallVintage Japanese silk hmongi kimono, kiku hanazume chrysanthemum suso moy with gold bokashi gradation on deep forest green ground, Showa era Japan; Showa era, mid 20th century, c. 1950s1970s A kimono of commanding formal presence: a deep forest green (, fuka midori) silk ground of smooth habutae with a high, jewel like satin sheen, the vast unadorned expanse of the body allowing the decoration at hem and sleeve cuffs to register with maximum visual