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Garments hung on screens

This pair of six-panel folding screens depicts assorted women's garments draped over two folding screens. The stylish kosode, forerunners of the kimono, were sewn from black silk with stenciled gold-leaf decoration. Red silk linings show at the robes' edges.

Date

first half 17th century

Type

Painting

Medium

Gold and color on paper

Department

NMAA

Institution

National Museum of Asian Art

Object number

fsg_F1905.17-18

Credit

Gift of Charles Lang Freer