Kuro-tome sode with Musashibo Benkei, Formal black women's kimono (kuro-tome sode), decorated with a standing kabuki actor (designed after Matsumoto Koshiro VII), the right hand raised, a fan in the left hand, in the suzukake suit of a mountain priest (yamabushi), the role of Musashibo Benkei in the kabuki play Kanjincho, with the opening text of the play in calligraphed characters: 'Tabi no koromo wa suzukake no, tabi no koromo wa suzukake no, tsuyukeki sode ya shioruran' our travel suit the suzukake (2x), I lifted my sleeves, wet with dew. Suzukake is a stiff hemp tunic for monks, shioru
Kuro-tome sode with Musashibo Benkei, Formal black women's kimono (kuro-tome sode), decorated with a standing kabuki actor (designed after Matsumoto Koshiro VII), the right hand raised, a fan in the left hand, in the suzukake suit of a mountain priest (yamabushi), the role of Musashibo Benkei in the kabuki play Kanjincho, with the opening text of the play in calligraphed characters: 'Tabi no koromo wa suzukake no, tabi no koromo wa suzukake no, tsuyukeki sode ya shioruran' our travel suit the suzukake (2x), I lifted my sleeves, wet with dew. Suzukake is a stiff hemp tunic for monks, shioru means 'being slack' and is used in the No theater for the action of lifting the sleeve for the face in sadness. Fine black crepe silk (kinsha) with painted Yezen decoration and gold foil. Red silk lining. Five family arms (mon) from ivy (tsuta)., anonymous, Japan, c. 1920 - c. 1940, silk, painting, h 164 cm × w 128 cm
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