Nagaita chūgata, Boat pattern (different pattern on the back)

Original Language Title長板中形舟文(裏変わり)

Artist Matsubara Nobuo (Japanese, born 1965)

Date2021

MediumCotton and indigo

DimensionsOverall: 55 3/8 × 69 7/8 inches (140.65 × 177.48 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: the Asian Art Acquisition Fund in memory of Laurence Sickman

Object number2023.14.2

On View

Not on view

Collections

East Asian Art

Terms

Japanese

DescriptionThis kimono (or yukata) is constructed of a soft cotton fabric dyed with indigo. Matsubara Nobuo used nagaita chūgata (long board, middle[-sized] stencil) method, which refers to the long board measuring over six meters and middle-sized stencils. The artist used a stencil with boat pattern for the front and a stencil with stream pattern for the rear. The stencils were made by stencil makers in Ise, Japan. Matsubara’s mother Matsubara Mayo 松原眞代 (born 1943) tailored the fabric into kimono (this is karijitate, or temporary tailoring).Provenance

Provenance

With Matsubara Nobuo, Chiba, Japan, since 2021.

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