This high-quality kinsha silk kurotomesode depicts three elegant standing cranes by a stream. The yuzen-painted artwork includes extensive gold-colored highlights, with a padded hem and five mon (family crests). It measures 51" from sleeve-end to sleeve-end x 64" height (129.5 x 162.6 cm). Interestingly, the choice of red for the stream instead of blue holds rare and likely auspicious connotations, deviating from the typical portrayal of water motifs.

Previously published in the publication Art Kimono: Aesthetic Revelations of Japan, 1905-1960, p 109

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