Kimono — 着物
- Date:
- 1898
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Key value factors: As self-carved and self-printed works, sosaku-hanga value is tied to the artist's reputation and edition size. Larger formats, earlier editions, and historically significant works command the highest prices.
"Kimono" (着物, 1898) focuses on the garment itself — the kimono as a primary subject rather than as the clothing context for a figure. Whether depicting the kimono being worn, displayed, or prepared for wearing, Shuntei approaches the subject with attention to the specific quality of the garment's material: the fall of silk, the pattern of the textile, the color relationships achieved through the dyer's and weaver's art. The kimono as a subject in Japanese print culture connected the bijin-ga figure tradition to the textile appreciation tradition that was equally fundamental to Japanese aesthetic culture.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Kimono — 着物 was created by Miyagawa Shuntei (宮川春汀) in 1898.
Kimono — 着物 depicts figures, bijin-ga, and daily life.
