SCREEN, japanese

Screen is made in 2 parts, hinged in the middle. The outside is covered in paper. The inside is covered in cloth with paper over most of it. Each piece of the screen is framed in timber. The paper is grey and the cloth blue. On the left hand screen is a woman in an orange kimono, two women are in the right hand screen.
The following description is taken from a piece of paper which came with the screen and is now in the supplementary folder.
'Beautiful ladies in Kimono with the "genroku" sleeve in the field of wild chrysanthemum/ Three ladies are taking a walk in the field of lovely wild chrysathemum and viewing flowers. Flower viewing picnic was one of the prevailing manners and customs of the Genroku-era (1680-1709)./ Although the whole image of this work of art produces the atmosphere of that era, the clothes of each lady represents three different eras: Meiji (1868-1912), Taisho (1912-1926) and today [1981?]./ The lady in the middle wears the Kimono of Meiji-era./ The lady at the right wears the clothes of the beginning of Taisho-era./ The ultramarine-blue cloth was obtained from 'han-eri' (or replaceable neckpiece) which had been worn at the time of marriage in those days and, therefore, embroidered so carefully with silk thread on silk crepe./ The lady at left weat the modern 'Kyo-yuzen' (or printed silk) painted with gold./ The cloth was obtained from 'Furisode' (or a long-sleeved dress): the cloth cut off of the Furisode is used here. A woman must shorten her kimono sleeve after the marriage'. Signed Mutsuko Yoshida.

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