Dressing gown

Unknown

ca. 1875 · silk · Costume Institute

Featured, is a fine early example of a type of dressing gown made in Japan for the Western market. Known as Yokohama robes, for the port from which they were shipped, they were some of the first items made for export after the opening of Japan to the West in 1854. The Yokohama port then opened in 1859. While the materials and embroidery are native Japanese, the cut and construction are Japanese interpretations of Western style and unrelated to traditional Japanese dress.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1875

Medium

silk

Culture

Japanese

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. James McF. Baker, 1948