Meisen Kimono
銘仙 / 1900s–1950s / Style / Modern Japanese Fashion
The popular kimono that put bold abstract pattern and chemical-dye color on a cheap ikat technique — Japanese modernism translating Deco and the avant-garde into everyday dress.
Large abstract patterns / Vivid chemical dyes / Blurred kasuri edges / Everyday experimentation
Dictionary entry
- Best used for
- Comparing primary sources and exemplary cases · Extracting principles that transfer beyond dress
- Type
- Observe the letters and signs of the era and community referred to
- Composition
- Translate silhouette and proportion into composition
- Material
- Verify the material conditions: cloth, tailoring, the wearer's body
- Caution
- Never peel off the garment's signs alone. Verify who wore it, why, and against what.
- Further study
- The Ashikaga, Isesaki and Chichibu districts / the modern girl and mass consumption / hogushi weaving and combined kasuri