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Underkimono (juban)
Underkimono (juban)

Underkimono (juban)

Date1912-26
Label TextFolklore in Japan offers many popular stories of ghosts parading through the streets at night. On this under-kimono, skeletons are walking in a field under the moonlight. One skeleton turns around to face the one behind it, as if the two are in a conversation.
Object number98.48
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Deities and Demons: Supernatural in Japanese Art, Oct. 20, 2022 - ongoing [on view Oct. 20, 2022 - Apr. 9, 2023] .
Credit LineMargaret E. Fuller Purchase Fund
Dimensions59 x 55 in.
MediumSilk fabric with gauze weave (ro) hand-painted decoration in ink
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