単衣 鼠絽地笠杖砧風景模様 ひとえ むらさきろじかさつえきぬたふうけいもよう
Unlined Summer Kimono (Hito-e) with Landscape and Poem ...
縹絽地風景歌文字模様単衣. Title: Unlined Summer Kimono (Hito-e) with Landscape and Poem. Period: Edo period (1615–1868). Date: second half of the 18th century. Culture: Japan. Medium: Embroidered and resist-dyed silk gauze (
縹絽地風景歌文字模様単衣. Title: Unlined Summer Kimono (Hito-e) with Landscape and Poem. Period: Edo period (1615–1868). Date: second half of the 18th century. Culture: Japan. Medium: Embroidered and resist-dyed silk gauze (
"Celebrating old age, turtles
live for ten thousand years,
and the offspring of cranes
for a thousand years—
flourishing in their long lives."
Why share a poem when you can *wear* a poem?
Embracing #WorldPoetryDay with a glimpse at this cheerful light, unlined summer kimono (hito-e) that features this poem celebrating longevity and happiness, interspersed with flowers and plants of the four seasons. 
Can you spot all four? 
Here's where to look: along the hem, notice the spring flowers. Above them, there's wisteria and other summer plants. Toward the middle, check out the autumnal maple leaves. And around the neckline and on the sleeves, you'll see winter pine-sapling motifs.
Here's where to look: along the hem, notice the spring flowers. Above them, there's wisteria and other summer plants. Toward the middle, check out the autumnal maple leaves. And around the neckline and on the sleeves, you'll see winter pine-sapling motifs.
縹絽地風景歌文字模様単衣 Unlined Summer Kimono (Hito-e) with Landscape and Poem, second half of the 18th century. Edo period (1615–1868). Japan. Embroidered and resist-dyed silk gauze (ro).
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