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[Hotel View]

Description: Photograph of the Mitakaya Hotel in Kanazawa, Japan. A doorway is visible in the foreground. The doorway leads onto a narrow hallway with windows for walls. The windows look out onto a small garden.
Date: 1978
Creator: Gough, Ray

[House]

Description: Photograph of a house in the city of Kyoto, Japan. The exterior wall of the house is visible in the foreground. The wall is made of wood and stone with a tile roof. A entrance is visible in the center of the wall.
Date: 1978
Creator: Gough, Ray

[House under construction]

Description: Photograph of a house under construction in Shigaraki, Japan. A portion of the house frame is visible in the foreground. There is a pile of wooden beams on the floor of the house. Other buildings are visible through the house frame and to the left of the image in the background.
Date: 1978
Creator: Gough, Ray

[Imperial Palace]

Description: Photograph of the Imerial Palace grounds in Tokyo, Japan. An enclosed body of water is visible in the foreground. The water is surrounded by rock walls and trees. Other buildings are visible in the background.
Date: September 7, 1978
Creator: Gough, Ray

Jacket

Description: Box jacket of black wool with cutaway hem. Notched collar. Single-breasted with 5 button closure and tailored buttonholes. Welt pockets at left breast and at hips. Long, set-in sleeves with 3 smaller, non-functioning buttons at hem. Unlined. Designer's label at center back neckline: "Yohji Yamamoto" Also has fiber content, size and cleaning instructions on designer's label. Content/care label attached to inside hem of right pocket.
Date: 1984/1985
Creator: Yamamoto, Yohji

Jacket

Description: Box jacket of navy blue wool with cutaway hem. Notched collar. Single-breasted with 5 button closure and tailored buttonholes. Welt pockets at left breast and at hips. Long, set-in sleeves with 3 smaller, non-functioning buttons at hem. Sleeves and back panel lined in black acetate. Designer's label at center back neckline: "Yohji Yamamoto" Also has fiber content, size and cleaning instructions on designer's label. Content/care label attached to inside hem of right pocket.
Date: 1984/1985
Creator: Yamamoto, Yohji

Jacket

Description: Man's jacket in Japanese ghee style. Black basket weave double-faced fabric of heavy, 100% cotton. Exterior with red and white accent stripes on shoulders running down the 3/4 length sleeves, and horizontally around lower part of coat. On collar, running down front are white Kanji characters. Center front opening with no fasteners. On back is single large Kanji character in white on red circle with white border. Design on inside is printed into fabric, of ladder, fire with smoke, and water runn… more
Date: 1975/1995

Jacket

Description: Jacket of black cotton/polyester blend twill in box style. Satin revers with large black plastic button and tailored buttonhole at base of collar; long set-in sleeves with inner knit cuffs and closure of two circular black plastic buttons with tailored buttonholes on placket of exterior hem. Two double welt satin pockets on left side and one double welt satin pocket on right side. Lined in black polyester with large "Y-3" stamped across back shoulders. Designer's label at center back neckline: … more
Date: 2000/2009
Creator: Yamamoto, Yohji

[Japanese house]

Description: Photograph of a house in the city of Kyoto, Japan. In the foreground, the outer wall of a house is visible on the corner of a street. The wall has a wooden window and a tile roof. The street that runs perpendicular is visible in the background.
Date: 1978
Creator: Gough, Ray

Kasuri panel

Description: Japanese Kasuri (woven panel). Combination of warp and weft cotton double dyed kasuri (ikat) create bold geometric pattern - fish created solely by weft kasuri. This type of combined ikats is known as 'e-gasuri' - delicately drawn fish motif alternating with bold geometric blocks. Indigo dyed Kasuri panels were woven in narrow strips of approximately 13 " W because of the size of the loom. They were then sewn into kimono, futonji (futon covers), zabuton (sitting cushions), furoshiki (traditiona… more
Date: 1960/1969

Kasuri panel

Description: Japanese Kasuri (woven panel). Combination of warp and weft cotton double dyed kasuri (ikat) create bold geometric pattern - fish created solely by weft kasuri. This type of combined ikats is known as 'e-gasuri' - delicately drawn crane motif alternating with bold geometric blocks indigo dyed Kasuri panels were woven in narrow strips of approximately 13 " W because of the size of the loom. They were then sewn into kimono, futonji (futon covers), zabuton (sitting cushions), furoshiki (traditiona… more
Date: 1960/1969

[Kenrokuen Garden]

Description: Photograph of a bridge in the Kenrokuen Garden in Kanazawa, Japan. The bridge sits next to a bush in the foreground. The bridge crosses over a small river or stream. A man is visible on the other side of the bridge.
Date: 1978
Creator: Gough, Ray

Kimono

Description: Kimono and obi. a) Kimono of purple wool; ikat weave with white lines. Short sleeves; casual style. b) Obi of gold cotton duck with seven thin white stripes running horizontally along one edge.
Date: 1995/2005

Kimono

Description: Heavy, blue/brown cotton kimono. Lapped; asymmetrical. V-shaped opening with wide rectangular shaped double collar bands. Rectangular shaped; full-length, hanging sleeves in the Hirosode style, open beneath the underarm seams. Waist level seamed tuck. Full length, three panel skirt. Inside back yoke hanging to shoulder blades. Three Japanese characters worked in red thread below the inside back collar line. Contrasting warp and weft threads of blue and brown. Unlined.
Date: unknown

Kimono

Description: Kimono of white silk dyed with an all-over pattern of shibori in a pale orange/pink, which creates a tiny grid with dark brownish dots at center of each square. Traditional style with mid-length sleeves. Snaps at collar for removable collar. Lined in silk, upper part of light brown (resembles tea dyed?), lower part of white, and lower hem of orange/red.
Date: 1960/1980
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