Kosode Fragment

Unknown Artist

This textile fragment exhibits characteristics of kosode of the Kanbun period (1661–73), such as the drama of the pattern's sweeping curve and the large amount of empty space. A somewhat similar design, with the character for flower (hana) inside floral rosettes alongside a net pattern, appears in a kosode order book of 1664.

Credit: Purchase, Roy R. and Marie S. Neuberger Foundation Inc. and several members of The Chairman's Council Gifts, 2000 Benefit Fund, and funds from various donors, 2001

Second half of the 17th century

Ground of white satin (nume)

66.8in

2001.428.1

Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019