Japanese Propaganda Kimonos
Sept 10 - Oct 24, 2015
Individual Works
Momotaro, Woman’s Nagajuban, late 1930’s, rayon, 50.5h x 47.5w in., Reference: JPK37, Reproduced p. 114, The Brittle Decade (MFA)
Kamikaze, Man’s Haori, 1937, rayon, silk haura, 37.25h x 51.25w in., Reference: JPK38, Reproduced p. 125, The Brittle Decade (MFA)
Shanghai, Man’s Nagajuban, c. 1932, silk/rayon, 51h x 50.75w in., Reference: JPK39, Reproduced p. 135, The Brittle Decade (MFA)
Troops in Formation, Boy’s Kimono, c. 1940, silk, 32.5h x 32.75w in., Reference: JPK01
China Front, Man’s Nagajuban, c. 1937, wool, rayon, 50h x 48.5w in., Reference: JPK10
Carrier Takeoff, Boy’s Kimono, c. 1937, rayon, 30h x 31.75w in., Reference: JPK04
Streamline Car, Boy’s Kimono, c. 1934, silk, 32h x 33w in., Reference: JPK30
Bakudan Sanyushi Omyamairi, Boy’s Omiyamairi, c. 1933, silk, 42.5h x 34w in., Reference: JPK12
Zeroes, Man’s Nagajuban, c. 1937, silk, 49.5h x 50w in., Reference: JPK21
Bombers and Battleships, Infant’s Omiyamairi, c. 1940, rayon 36h x 30w in., Reference: JPK07
Acoustic Locater, Man’s Haori, c. 1935, Yuzen dyed silk (paste resist), 39h x 51.75w in., Reference: JPK26
Planes and Cherry Blossoms, c. 1944, rayon, 45.25h x 47.25w in., Reference: JPK36
Bugle Boy, Men’s Nagajuban, c. 1940, wool, 51.5h x 49w in., Reference: JPK09
Shadows Over China, Man’s Nagajuban, c. 1937, silk, 46.75h x 48.5w in., Reference: JPK23
Flag Parade, Woman’s Haori, c. 1940, silk, 37h x 48.75w in., Reference: JPK03
Archer, Boy’s Kimono, c. 1940, rayon, 32h x 26.5w in., Reference: JPK33
Manchurian Incident, Man’s Nagajuban, c. 1931, silk, 46.75h x 50.25w in., Reference: JPK17
Bakudan Sanyushi, Man’s Nagajuban, c. 1933, silk, 50.5h x 51.25w in., Reference: JPK05
Norakuro, Boy’s Kimono, c.1933, wool, 34h x 32w in., Reference: JPK20, Reproduced p. 115, The Brittle Decade (MFA) Reproduced, p. 131, Century of the Child (MoMA)
City of the Future, Man’s Haori, early 1930’s, silk, 37.75h x 50.75w in., Reference: JPK41, Reproduced p. 134, The Brittle Decade (MFA)
General Yamagata, Man’s Haori, c. 1905, woven silk, 40.25h x 51.25w in., Reference: JPK29
Axis, Boy's Kimono, c. 1940/41, rayon, 29h x 32w in., Reference: JPK02
Marching Boys with Saber, Boy’s Kimono, c. 1937-1939, wool, 28h x 26w in., Reference: JPK18
Mussolini in Ethiopia, Man’s Nagajuban, c. 1935, wool, 48.5h x 49.5w in., Reference: JPK08
Submarines, Woman’s Haori, c. 1938, Meisen silk, 38.75h x 49.25w in., Reference: JPK27, Reproduced p. 104, The Brittle Decade (MFA)
Mutsu, Man’s Nagajuban, c. 1930, wool, 54.25h x 53.25w in., Reference: JPK19
Olympic Yukata, Boy’s Yukata, c. 1935-37, cotton, 32.25h x 29.75w in., Reference: JPK13, See MFA, page 118
Cannon and Flags, Boy’s Kimono, c. 1935, Meisen silk, 32.25h x 32w in., Reference: JPK31
Camels and Hitler, Man’s Haori, c. 1935, silk, 38h x 50.5w in., Reference: JPK24
Battleships, Omiyamairi, c. 1940, silk, 37.75h x 33.5w in., Reference: JPK34, Reproduced p. 132, The Brittle Decade (MFA)
League of Nations, Man’s Nagajuban, c. 1933, wool, 51.5h x 48.75w in., Reference: JPK15, See MFA, page 106
Headlines, Man’s Haori, c. 1931, silk, 37.5h x 51.25w in., Reference: JPK35
Nanking Omiyamairi, Infant Boy’s Omiyamari, c. 1937/38, Yuzen dyed, painted, embroidered silk, 38.75h x 33.25w in., Reference: JPK28, Reproduced p. 138, The Brittle Decade (MFA)
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