Kamimura Gallery
#782
Japanese commoner's fire-fighter's coat, Hikeshi-Banten and matching hood.
Quilted cotton cloth, layers of several pieces of cotton cloth one over another and stitching them together with cotton thread to give strength to the textile. This technique is called Sashiko stitches and it was very hard to pass a needle through the thick pieces of cloth and this reinforced the cloth absorbed water easily and safe from flames while fighting fires. Dyed with the indigo blue and freehand paste-resist decoration(Tsutsugaki).
Dated & numbered on the hood with the Tsutsugaki: Showa 6 (1931), 31 Gou (#31).
Size of coat: 121 cm long, 123 cm wide(across sleeves)
U.S.$1,000.
Quilted cotton cloth, layers of several pieces of cotton cloth one over another and stitching them together with cotton thread to give strength to the textile. This technique is called Sashiko stitches and it was very hard to pass a needle through the thick pieces of cloth and this reinforced the cloth absorbed water easily and safe from flames while fighting fires. Dyed with the indigo blue and freehand paste-resist decoration(Tsutsugaki).
Dated & numbered on the hood with the Tsutsugaki: Showa 6 (1931), 31 Gou (#31).
Size of coat: 121 cm long, 123 cm wide(across sleeves)
U.S.$1,000.
front view of coat
back view of coat
front view of hood
back view of hood
SOLD