Collection of Nineteen Original Post-War Yukata Designs
- Suzuka, Japan et al. , 1940
Suzuka, Japan et al., 1940. Very Good +. Suzuka, Japan: n.d., ca. 1940-1960. Nineteen original hand-stenciled designs (ca 48x35cm); thirteen examples with rubber-stamp from two different craft shops, the remaining six unattributed. Light wear and soil, else a Very Good to Near Fine collection.
Colorful multi-decade sampling of designs for the Japanese casual summertime cotton kimono known as yukata. The designs were almost certainly designed for children's outfits decorated as they are with baby birds, puppies, ducklings, circus elephants, bunnies, musical instruments, and teddy bears. The ten earliest examples all hail from the same shop and all use the same color scheme of navy blue, slate blue, and orange-brown. Later examples expand the color palate to much more vibrant and neon colors. One design in particular, of a small child in a red bunny costume, anticipates both the manga and the Hello Kitty aesthetic that became a global phenomenon beginning in the 1970s and 1980s.
Colorful multi-decade sampling of designs for the Japanese casual summertime cotton kimono known as yukata. The designs were almost certainly designed for children's outfits decorated as they are with baby birds, puppies, ducklings, circus elephants, bunnies, musical instruments, and teddy bears. The ten earliest examples all hail from the same shop and all use the same color scheme of navy blue, slate blue, and orange-brown. Later examples expand the color palate to much more vibrant and neon colors. One design in particular, of a small child in a red bunny costume, anticipates both the manga and the Hello Kitty aesthetic that became a global phenomenon beginning in the 1970s and 1980s.