Image of a dyed kamiko haori in the personal collection of Fumiko Satō. This kamiko features a stripe/plaid motif in contrasting colour to the green dyed base, and a subtle 3D motif that hasn't been coloured, but created using the special embossing technique developed in Shiroishi called takuhon. This haori was made by a member of the Satō family. Multiple motifs are visible in this image, as is the reinforcing material applied to the armpit of the green kamiko haori with the rectilinear motif on top
Funding
Endangered Material Knowledge Programme
History
Session
S10
Rights owner
Daphne Mohajer va Pesaran
Cultural group
Japanese
Participants
Fumiko Satō, Daphne Mohajer va Pesaran
Country
Japan
Place
Shiroishi, Miyagi
Item/object
Kamiko haori (paper kimono jacket)
Techniques of production
Embossed, Sewn
Materials
Washi
Cultural context/event
Interview
Location
Workshop
Temporality
These kamiko haori were created during the 20th-century, during the revival period in Shiroishi, when kamiko, shifu, and washi skills were being propagated and researched by keen local people