Zuan - Fans

Handpainted kimono design  or zuan.  40cm x 66cm . This  is an original design for a formal  black kuro tomosode silk kimono, usually worn by married female family members at weddings.   It  has a traditional fan design and  is on quite heavy paper. It's  been a working design and has some pencil annotations and creases and one bottom corner has been cut off.   One part has been crossed out with a marker pen which makes me think that it is probably not  all that  old and has at least been used after around the 1960's.  There is a fine gold line down the middle which I think is the line of the back seam.  Beautiful - and interesting! 

Price includes postage within Australia