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Japanese Meiji

Happi or Hanten (worker's jacket), late 1800s - early 1900s

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Japanese

Title

Happi or Hanten (worker's jacket)

Year

late 1800s - early 1900s

Medium

Cotton; plain weave, tsutsugaki (freehand indigo-paste resist-dying technique)

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • cotton

Techniques

  • plain weave,
  • tsutsugaki

Dimensions

95.3 x 74.9 cm (37 1/2 x 29 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

on neckband

Type

  • Fashion,
  • Costume

Credit

Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund

Object Number

1987.055

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Asian Textile Gallery Exhibition

October 23, 1992 - January 17, 1993

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Happi or Hanten (worker's jacket) with the accession number of 1987.055. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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