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224 • Kataginu, literally "shoulder robes," dyed rather than woven. This kata-
Kataginu feyôgen costume with reeds are sleeveless garments worn by ginu has paste-resist reeds with inked
and sailboat masts kyógen actors playing common details, four sailboat masts rising up
people such as servants and thieves. from waves, and irregular geometric
Nineteenth century
Paste-resist dyeing and ink on These costumes were made from patterns perhaps representing stone
pavement. These elements
can also
plain-weave hemp plain-woven hemp (asa), the same be found on an eighteenth-century
3
75.4x65.5 (295/8x25 / 4 ) type of cloth used for commoners' yuzenzome kosode with Tale of
Eisei Bunko Foundation, Tokyo clothing until cotton, introduced into
Japan in the fifteenth century, became Genji designs in the collection of the
widespread. Simple realistic designs Marubeni Corporation. SST
typically cover the entire back of
the kataginu and are hand-drawn or