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Apart from indigo, which she obtains from a specialist supplier, Shimura makes all her dyes from plants grown in her own garden. This kimono is woven with yarns of indigo blue, yellow derived from eulalia, brown from onion skins and green produced by dyeing with eulalia over indigo. The name of the kimono, 'Ise', is inspired by the 10th century <i>Tales of Ise</i>, one of the most famous works of Japanese literature. In 1990 Shimura was awarded the title of Living National Treasure, Japan's highest accolade for those working in the field of traditional crafts.","physicalDescription":"Plain weave silk with plain warp and handspun (<i>tsumugi</i>) weft. The skeins of silk were dyed blue, yellow and brown in advance of weaving using natural plant dyes.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Shimura Fukumi","id":"A3463"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"AAT251917"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"silk (textile)","id":"AAT243428"},{"text":"indigo","id":"AAT13055"}],"techniques":[{"text":"plain weave","id":"x37295"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Plain weave <i>tsumugi</i> silk","categories":[{"text":"Textiles","id":"THES48885"},{"text":"Clothing","id":"THES48975"}],"styles":[{"text":"Showa","id":"AAT18568"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"EAS","id":"THES48596"},"images":["2006BK5209","2006BF5574","2006AN1465"],"imageResolution":"low","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"009","id":"THES404742"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Kimono","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Kyoto","id":"x31966"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1988","earliest":"1988-01-01","latest":"1988-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"FE.11:2-1989","id":"O461275"},"association":""}],"creditLine":"Purchased from Shimura Fukumi, 1989. 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The title 'Ise' alludes to the 10th century 'Tales of Ise' and more specifically to a scroll painting, inspired by the same famous text of Japanese classical literature, by the artist Tawaraya Sotatsu (fl. 17th century)which is characterised by vibrant hues of blue and green.","historicalContext":"The <i>tsumugi</i> textiles of Shimura Fukumi (b.1924) speak of traditions of humble origins. <i>Tsumugi</i> is a general term for the sturdy plain-weave cloth that peasants throughout Japan used to weave for personal use from silk obtained from wild cocoons or from the spoiled leftovers of cultivated silk production. Designs were executed in the form of stripes, checks or <i>kasuri</i> and the cloth had a distinctively nubbled texture resulting from irregularities in the hand-spun floss silk yarns. Indigo blue was the predominant colour.\r\n\r\nWidely recognised as one of Japan's leading textile artists, Shimura Fukumi was appointed a Living National Treasure in January 1990.","briefDescription":"Kimono, titled 'Ise' by Shimura Fukumi, plain weave <i>tsumugi</i> silk, Japan, 1988","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Faulkner, Rupert, <u>Japanese Studio Crafts: Traditiona dn the Avant-Garde</u>, London: Laurence King Publishing, 1995, plate 67"},{"reference":{"text":"Jackson, Anna, Japanese Country Textiles, London: V&A Publications, 1997.","id":"AUTH406377"},"details":"p.119, fig.82","free":""}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["FE.11:1-1989"],"accessionNumberNum":"11","accessionNumberPrefix":"FE","accessionYear":1989,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-22","recordCreationDate":"2000-03-16","availableToBook":false}}