Yukata (Summer Kimono) and Obi

Japan

Showa period (1926-1989), About 1930

  • Titles Yukata (Summer Kimono) and Obi (Descriptive)
  • Artist Japan
  • Medium cotton
  • Dimensions yukata: 49 x 49 1/2 in. (124.5 x 125.7 cm) obi: 49 x 1 1/2 in. (124.5 x 3.8 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Paul and Carolynn Mohney, AFI.388.2010a-b
  • Work Type yukata and obi
  • Classification Costume

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