This silk woman's haori is a striking example of mid-century textile innovation, utilizing silkscreening to achieve a sophisticated faux-batik aesthetic. The garment is rendered on a crisp cream silk ground, featuring a dense, all-over landscape pattern that mimics the complex, crackled texture of traditional wax-resist dyeing.
The composition is a rhythmic arrangement of stylized rural motifs, including dark, triangular mountain peaks, thatched-roof cottages, and wind-swept reeds. These elements are presented in a high-contrast palette of charcoal-black and forest-green, with small, strategic accents of terracotta-red that draw the eye across the architectural field. A fine web of "crackle" lines overlays the entire scene, successfully replicating the accidental beauty of batik while maintaining the graphic precision of 20th-century printing. This piece reflects the Showa era's fascination with global folk-art traditions, reimagining them through a modern, high-fashion lens.
Its measurements are 50 inches from sleeve-end to sleeve-end and 35 inches in height (127 x 89 cm).