| Fashioning Kimono: Art Deco and Modernism in Japan |
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April 26, 2008 - July 20, 2008
Philadelphia Art Museum Perelman Building, Spain Gallery
Fairmount and Pennsylvania Avenues
Philadelphia, PA 19130
This exhibition features approximately 90 kimono created in the early to mid-twentieth centuries, one of the most dynamic periods in the history of Japan's national costume. It includes formal, semi-formal, and casual kimono, haori jackets, and under-kimono (juban) worn by men, women, and children. Some of these garments reflect historical continuity in designs and techniques, while many others illustrate a dramatic break with aspects of kimono tradition, as themes and designs from Western art began to predominate over historical Japanese references.
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