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Black with matte black circle and scroll design. Water crests are of many types, designs based on flowing water, water in ponds, or other inspirations. The flowing water motif, with its distinctive S sharped formned by the parallel lines, can be found in Yayoi period artifacts.  This particular water crests called "Kanze Whirlpools".  The Kanze family, head of one of the schools of Noh, used this design of a whirlpool of water as the ritual motif for the head of the Kanze school
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Obi
20th century
Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
2013/2.379
<p>Black Nagoya obi with interwoven white, gold and red square diamonds.</p>
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Obi
20th century
Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
2013/2.383
<p>Off-white beige and gold speckled fukuro (single-sided) obi with gold side threads with interwoven gold matsukawa bishi (interlocking geometric pine river) motif patterning.</p>
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Obi
1925 – 1999
Gift of Mrs. Kazuko Miyake
2016/2.40
<p>white, gold-speckled, and orange fukuro (singe-sided) obi with interwoven white interlocking circle motifs and dyed various geometric floral and foliage motif patterning within Tsugi gami motifs (ripped paper collage.)&nbsp; &nbsp;</p>
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Obi
1925 – 1999
Gift of Mrs. Kazuko Miyake
2016/2.63
<p>textured gold and pale green fukuro (single-sided) obi with embroidered camouflage-dyed paper-like material within a triangular grid and gold modified sauvastika (reverse swastika) motif patterning called &ldquo;sayagata&rdquo; in Japanese embroidered within patched gold-embroidered floral foliage motifs.</p>
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Obi
1925 – 1999
Gift of Mrs. Kazuko Miyake
2016/2.64
<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
This brocade makes use of gold thread, creating a composite that shimmers. the warm, muted tones of the gold are matched in color selections of light blue, dark blue, yellow, mauve, silvery white, and muted green threads. Two textile fragments have been sewn into a gold background. On the left is a rectangular segment of a blue and green dragon among clouds. The right segment is a floral decoration of a variety of plants and colors, interspersed with horizontal lines.
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
One of Four Panels of Textile Fragments: Kinran and Karaori
17th century
Transfer from the College of Architecture and Design
1972/2.44.1
<p>Dark cyan fukuro (single-sided) Sha obi with interwoven gold and silver (floral/foliage?) motif patterning.</p>
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Obi
1925 – 1999
Gift of Mrs. Kazuko Miyake
2016/2.55
Silk crepe repp with interwoven brown and silver- and gold-colored synthetic metallic threads in the design of chrysanthemum blossoms. Lining is plain weave silk for upper half; purple for lower half and inner cuffs.
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Dark purple kimono with overall jacquard woven pattern of chrysanthemums in dark brown, silver, and gold
1930 – 1950
Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
2005/1.393
<p>Pink-beige and gold obi with gold brocade and patched floral and butterfly motifs</p>
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Obi
20th century
Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
2013/2.386
Gold sandals with gold straps, white bottom.
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Zori
20th century
Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
2013/2.422A&B
Gold weave pattern in a braid with gold fringe on both ends.
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Obi jime
20th century
Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
2013/2.448
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