VINTAGE UCHIKAKE JAPANESE WEDDING KIMONO White Silk Pheasant Design Gold Thread

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VINTAGE UCHIKAKE JAPANESE WEDDING KIMONO White Silk Pheasant Design Gold Thread

 

Condition: Excellent condition apart from some faint yellow spots – see last two photographs. It has been specialist dry-cleaned.

 

Measurements:       Length 74 inches, 166 cm

                              Total width 52 inches, 132 cm

                              Sleeve length 42 inches, 106 cm

                              Weight 3.2 Kg

 

According to Wikipedia, the Uchikake is a highly formal kimono worn only by a bride or at a stage performance. The Uchikake is often heavily brocaded and is supposed to be worn outside the actual kimono and obi, as a sort of coat. One therefore never ties the obi around the uchikake. It is supposed to trail along the floor, this is also why it is heavily padded along the hem.

Description: Heavy silk with white background with design of pheasants and blossom in red and blue silk embroidery and gold thread. Red lining, facing and padded hem. It is difficult to show in photographs how the gold thread reflects the light.

 

Symbolism: In Japan the pheasant is a divine messenger for Amaterasu, the great sun goddess.  Amaterasu is a focal point of the Shinto pantheon.  She is the ruler of the heavens, so her association with the pheasant made this creature an important symbol of power , abundance and promise.

Provenance: I bought this kimono at an auction sale in Bury St. Edmunds in the late 90s. It was new and, going by the protective covering material on the padded hem, unworn. I have an oriental-theme dining room where this was hung on a wall. It has always evoked comment and admiration.

  • Condition: Used
  • Condition: Excellent condition apart from some faint yellow spots – see last two photographs. It has been specialist dry-cleaned.
  • Region of Origin: Japanese
  • Provenance: Ownership History Available
  • Type: Clothing
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan

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