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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>brown and light gray Ooshima tsumugi kimono with interwoven geometric motif consisting of a combination of sarasamon (square floral) motifs with a red and red-brown inner lining.</p>
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Kimono
1925 – 1999
Gift of Mrs. Kazuko Miyake
2016/2.43
<p>White and light gray chirimen komon kimono with dyed light gray tree branch motifs with white inner lining</p>
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Kimono
1925 – 1999
Gift of Mrs. Kazuko Miyake
2016/2.34
A photography montage. A red circle in which a couple embraces is layered over a photograph of a tomato plant growing in a long dirt-filled planter placed against a white wall. Affixed to the planter is a tomato-themed runner. 
Wade Guyton (American (North American))
The Tomato Lovers
2006
Museum purchase made possible by the Friends Acquisition Fund
2008/1.167
A flat wooden stick coming to a point at each end. It has groups of three vertical lines at each end &nbsp;and the middle of the stick.
Ainu
Ikupasuy (Prayer Stick)
1867 – 1932
Gift of Mrs. Caroline J. Plumer
1991/1.80
<p>cream colored chirimen haori with tegaki yuuzen (hand-painted stencil) dyed maroon clouds, and hippogryphs, and phoenix motifs with a cream beige silk lining.</p>
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Haori
20th century
Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
2013/2.475
All black fukuro (single-sided) Obi&nbsp;with black embroidered floral (grape) design throughout.&nbsp;
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Obi
20th century
Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
2013/2.492
Dark red with blue and silver embroidered and repeated flower pattern throughout. &nbsp;
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Obi
20th century
Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
2013/2.493
<p>Gray and brown chirimen komon kimono with dyed pestle motif patterning with a gray and white silk inner lining.</p>
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Kimono
20th century
Gift of Howard and Patricia Yamaguchi
2013/2.405
<p>mottled blue and brown tsumugi komon kimono with vertical faded green and maroon stripes with a white inner lining</p>
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Kimono
1925 – 1999
Gift of Mrs. Kazuko Miyake
2016/2.33
<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
<p>light gray komon kimono with dyed brown, blue, and green damask motifs with a light pink, and red inner lining.</p>
Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Kimono
1925 – 1999
Gift of Mrs. Kazuko Miyake
2016/2.76
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