thekimonogallery:

Man’s painted haori (jacket). Taisho period (1912-1926),
Japan. The Kimono Gallery.

A fine kinsha (fine crepe) silk formal light jacket
featuring on it’s inside a painted stormy cloud scene with emerging dragon.
Five mon (family crests). It is
customary for men’s haori to contain dark plain exteriors and patterned interiors;
however, this example is exceptional in several ways – the artwork is of the
highest quality and fills the entire back and front of the inside, including
the sleeves. Typically, men’s haori have the artwork created on a separate silk
cloth that lines the inside, not on the actual unlined back as on this example.
50” from sleeve-end to sleeve-end x 32” height.