Untitled kimono featuring lobsters

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[Untitled kimono featuring lobsters]

[Creator unidentified].

[Japan: creator unidentified, ca. early Shōwa period (1920-40s)?].

A stunning uchikake or kaidori - kimono worn over a kosode or furisode by a bride on her wedding day - patterned with Ise-ebi (Japanese spiny lobsters). The lining of the uchikake is made from red and pink fabrics, the latter patterned with birds, flowers, and trees. The garment features itsutsumon (five hand-embroidered crests) in a maru ni tsuta (ivy in a circle) design. Lobsters and the colours red and gold are considered auspicious in Japanese culture. The white basting threads (shitsuke-ito) and original price tag are still intact, showing that the uchikake is unused.

One uchikake kimono. Collar to hem measures approximately 163 cm. Sleeve hem to sleeve hem measures approximately 125 cm.

Untitled kimono featuring lobsters
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