Furisode with design of a cart loaded with flower basketsTie-dyeing (hitta) and embroidery on black silk crepe (chirimen)
Isojiro Okao, who received top honors at the autumn Bi-ten held by Marubeni in 1936, produced this furisode. The design boldly portrays a cart loaded with beautiful baskets in embroidery and tie-dyeing. As the labor-intensive technique of tie-dyeing completely covers the parts that were not embroidered, Okao took three years to produce this work. This is therefore a valuable object that was produced as war was approaching. Four years later, in 1940, a government order restricted the manufacture and sale of high-quality clothes, which dealt a severe blow to the textile dyeing industry. The importance of this work lies in connection to this background.
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Furisode with design of a cart loaded with flower basketsTie-dyeing (hitta) and embroidery on black silk crepe (chirimen)
Created by Isojiro Okao in 1936
