Kosode with Design of Checkerboad and Japanese Shōgi Game
Japan Edo period, 17th century
Silk
l: 155cm w: 132.6cm
[70220]
This kosode kimono has a white silk ground decorated with an indigo and white checkerboard design worked in shibori tie-dying method, and the various pieces for a shōgi Japanese chess game scattered over the entire form.
This kosode kimono has a white silk ground decorated with an indigo and white checkerboard design worked in shibori tie-dying method, and the various pieces for a shōgi Japanese chess game scattered over the entire form.