Kosode (Garment with small wrist openings), Design of rocks, waves, and plums on a light-blue chirimen crepe ground 小袖 縹縮緬地岩波梅模様こそで はなだちりめんじいわなみうめもよう
Description
This kind of elegant pattern, consisting of scattered motifs with thin white lines of undyed fabric, became popular in the mid-Edo period, around the 18th century.
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ColBase
"ColBase: Integrated Collections Database of the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, Japan" is a service that enables a multi-database search of the collections in the four national museums (To...
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National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
The National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (NICH) comprise four National Museums (Tokyo National Museum, Kyoto National Museum, Nara National Museum, and Kyushu National Museum) and two National Research Institutes for Cultural Properties (Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, and Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties), as well as the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI) in Sakai City, for a total of seven institutions.
Last updated
March 16, 2026