Boy's kimono, back

This underkimono was probably made for the celebration of the boys' festival annually on May 9th.

The boy's underkimono, nagajuban, is in woven silk patterned by tie dying threads before weaving, kasuri, in blue and white broken trellis design with small scattered patterns. The lower resist stencil printed design is on handspun floss silk, tsumagi.

The design of horses, paulonia and the Japanese characters for horse and desire suggest qualities of loyalty, courage and strength associated with the samurai.

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Online ID:	000-190-002-111-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland A.1982.821
Date:	1925-1950 Pre 1950
Material:	Silk tie-dyed and stencil printed in different colours
Dimensions:	1170 mm L
What:	Under-kimono, boy's / Nagajuban
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Where:	Japan
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Description:	Boy's woven silk under kimono or 'nagajuban' tie-dyed and stencil printed in different colours with a design of caparisoned horses: Japanese, Showa period, pre 1950
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