生成地蜻蛉流水模様単衣|Unlined Summer Kimono (Hito-e) with Dragonflies and Stream

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ca. 1920–30s · Printed silk · Asian Art

Groups of blue and red dragonflies flutter against a light beige ground adorned with lavender swirling streams. The lightness of this summer kimono is conveyed through the fragility and delicacy of the dragonflies’ stylized bodies. Dragonflies evoke the evanescent and fleeting nature of the seasons as well as the passage of time, from summer to autumn.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1920–30s

Medium

Printed silk

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2018