Men’s jacket
Dateca. 1930-40
Maker
Japanese
Maker
Kyoto
Label TextThis men’s coat, or hanten, features an auspicious, wintry design of a pair of mandarin ducks swimming in an icy pond, suggestive of marital fidelity. The design was created by applying paste as a resist before dyeing to render, for example, the white eddies of the pond and snow clinging to the willow branches above. The painterly composition may have been inspired by similar painting compositions created by the celebrated Kyoto artist Itō Jakuchū (1716–1800) in the 1750s, including a well-known work owned by the imperial family.
Object number89.163
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Beyond The Tanabata Bridge: A Textile Journey In Japan (Washington, D.C., Textile Museum, Sept. 10, 1993 - Feb. 27, 1994; Birmingham, Alabama, Birmingham Museum of Art, Apr. 17 - June 26, 1994; Dallas, Texas, Dallas Museum of Art, Mar. 12 - May 28, 1995).
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Boundless: Stories of Asian Art, Feb. 8, 2020 - ongoing [on view Feb. 8, 2020 - July 11, 2021].Published ReferencesRathbun, William Jay, Seattle Art Museum, "Beyond The Tanabata Bridge: Traditional Japanese Textiles", 1993 Seattle, Washington, pp. 161-163, p. 162-163 illus. (color), cat. 48
Loudon, Sarah. "Instructional Resources: Wearable Arts of Japan Seattle Art Museum," in Art Education, Vol. 49, No. 6, Art Education Reform and New Technologies, November 1996, p. 25-32Credit LineGift of the Virginia and Bagley Wright Collection
Dimensions39 x 49 inches
MediumSilk, freehand paste-resist dyeing (yuzen-zome)
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