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A checkered gold brocade foregrounds five fragments of textile: a square in the middle surrounded by four cornerpieces. Each textile has a different design, some with butterflies, birds, and other floral motifs.
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
One of Four Panels of Textile Fragments: Brocades in Various Traditional Pattern
1860 – 1926
Transfer from the College of Architecture and Design
1972/2.44.9
<p>Silk Turquoise fukuro (single sided) obi made of light material containing thin silver stripes and interwoven silver and floral brocades.</p>
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Obi
20th century
Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
2013/2.371

Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Obi
20th century
Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
2013/2.382
<p>Black Fukuro (double-sided) obi with interwoven light brownish gray swirling water ripples and brown rafts with embroidered gold and yellow flowers.</p>
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Obi
20th century
Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
2013/2.388
Gray silk damask with surihaku (gilt), embroidered and appliquéd brocade designs, bordered in couched gold-wrapped threads.  Lining is plain weave silk, white above and gray below.  Has double oak-leaf (kashiwa) crest embroidered in gold thread.
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Formal gray kimono with gilt, embroidered and appliquéd saga brocade cloud designs
1960 – 1980
Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
2005/1.378
<p>Red fukuro (singe-sided) obi with embroidered white, orange, and blue rounded peonies and butterflies with gold and silver embroidery.</p>
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Obi
1925 – 1999
Gift of Mrs. Kazuko Miyake
2016/2.21
<p>white maru (double-sided) obi with interwoven karakusa and paulownia motifs in various colors and metallic threads.</p>
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Obi
1925 – 1999
Gift of Mrs. Kazuko Miyake
2016/2.24
<p>Dark orange fukuro (single-sided) Obi with brocading of green, aqua, and silver, gold bird and butterfly and pink peonies and chrysanthemums arranged in a wreath shape. There may be a signature of the artist interwoven in gold on one of the ends in old Chinese characters.</p>
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Obi
1925 – 1999
Gift of Mrs. Kazuko Miyake
2016/2.26
One continuous length of cloth, doubled back on itself for lining.  The front side has a brocade chysanthemum design woven in gold-wrapped thread in three tones.  Lozenge pattern with gold-wrapped threads for weft woven throughout.
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Mauve-and-gold brocade obi with woven chrysanthemum scroll pattern
1970 – 1980
Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
2005/1.327
Pink plain weave silk (half) and lime green brocade with woven crackle pattern in off-white (half); woven medallions in white, light red &amp; dark red silk, and gold-wrapped threads.
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Nagoya-style green and pink obi with woven pattern of red and gold floral medallions
1925 – 1949
Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
2005/1.340
Lavender silk crepe damask (rinsu) with woven mottled cloud-like pattern; designs in surihaku over yûzen: brocade and silk metallic thread embroidery.  Lining is plain weave white silk above, second inner lining of white satin damask with woven design of chysanthemums on sayagata ground below.  Lined with kimono fabric.
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Formal crested lavender kimono with woven brocade and embroidered island and cloud designs
1960 – 1980
Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
2005/1.379
<p>Pale pink Fukuro (single sided) obi with interwoven silver and gold floral brocade in interwoven rhombi of green, coral, and red.</p>
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Obi
20th century
Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
2013/2.375
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