Obi

Japan

Showa period (1926-1989), About 1930

  • Titles Obi (Descriptive)
  • Artist Japan
  • Medium silk
  • Dimensions 161 x 12 in. (408.9 x 30.5 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Paul and Carolynn Mohney, AFI.368.2010
  • Work Type obi
  • Classification Costume

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