Unlined Summer Kimono (Hito-e) with Landscape and Poem second half of the 18th century Japan This light, unlined robe (hito-e) is designed for summer. On a blue background, flowers and plants of the four seasons appear in landscape settings. Spring flowers are represented along the hem; above them we see wisteria and other summer plants; toward the middle appear autumnal maple leaves; and around the neckline and on the sleeves are winter pine-sapling motifs. The characters of a felicitous poem celebrating longevity and happiness make their way from the front to the back of the robe:frontToshi o iwau yorozuyo no kame Celebrating old age, turtleslive for ten thousand years,backtsuru no ko wa chiyo o kotobuku hana nare ya and the offspring of cranesfor a thousand years—flourishing in their long lives.—Trans. Monika Bincsik. Unlined Summer Kimono (Hito-e) with Landscape and Poem. Japan. second half of the 18th century. Embroidered and resist-dyed silk gauze (ro). Edo period (1615-1868)

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Unlined Summer Kimono (Hito-e) with Landscape and Poem second half of the 18th century Japan This light, unlined robe (hito-e) is designed for summer. On a blue background, flowers and plants of the four seasons appear in landscape settings. Spring flowers are represented along the hem; above them we see wisteria and other summer plants; toward the middle appear autumnal maple leaves; and around the neckline and on the sleeves are winter pine-sapling motifs. The characters of a felicitous poem celebrating longevity and happiness make their way from the front to the back of the robe:frontToshi o iwau yorozuyo no kame Celebrating old age, turtleslive for ten thousand years,backtsuru no ko wa chiyo o kotobuku hana nare ya and the offspring of cranesfor a thousand years—flourishing in their long lives.—Trans. Monika Bincsik. Unlined Summer Kimono (Hito-e) with Landscape and Poem. Japan. second half of the 18th century. Embroidered and resist-dyed silk gauze (ro). Edo period (1615-1868)

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