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Luxurious outer robes like this one were worn by high-ranking samurai women in the late Edo period. By the 1870s, however, some of these garments had found their way into the wardrobes of Western women or had been remade into European styles of the time.
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白綸子地菊藤花束雲模様打掛
Title: Outer Robe (Uchikake) with Chrysanthemum and Wisteria Bouquets
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: second half of the 18th–first half of the 19th century
Culture: Japan
Medium: Silk and metallic-thread embroidery on resist-dyed and painted silk satin damask (rinzu)
Dimensions: Overall: 72 x 49 1/2 in. (182.9 x 125.7 cm)
Classification: Costumes
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Juliet Boone, 1981
Accession Number: 1981.60.1
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