{"product_id":"a-length-of-meisen-silk-swirls","title":"A Length of Meisen Silk: Swirls","description":"\u003cp\u003emid twentieth century\u003cbr\u003e60\" x 13 3\/4\", 152.5 cm x 35 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is a length of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003emeisen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e silk, a kind of \"everyday\" silk that was developed in the Meiji era (1868 - 1912) at a time when Japan's strict sumptuary laws were lifted: these laws dictated what people were allowed to wear and consume (among many other things), notable among the strictures was a ban against common people wearing silk.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMeisen\u003c\/em\u003e represents the democratization of silk in a changing Japan and it was consumed readily.  Its boom market prompted huge manufacture, which, of course, meant that countless new designs needed to be developed.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eMany of the most interesting\u003cem\u003e meisen\u003c\/em\u003e designs are based on Western designs or were inspired by Western art, the best of which suggest a \"Jazz age\" feeling as this one does.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMeisen\u003c\/em\u003e is a kind of machine aided \u003cem\u003ekasuri\u003c\/em\u003e cloth, the quality of silk being pedestrian as these were kimono that were not expensive and were meant to be worn on a regular basis as \"town wear.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis panel is from such a kimono and it shows ingrained creases and a few faint, small stains, difficult to see and shown on the accompanying detail photographs.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eA marvelous length of beautifully figured \u003cem\u003emeisen\u003c\/em\u003e silk in a classic, \"jazzy\" pattern.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sri","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49296567697526,"sku":"sax1794055051741","price":25.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/1205\/1318\/files\/a-length-of-meisen-silk-swirls_1.jpg?v=1794055062","url":"https:\/\/terrytone.shop\/products\/a-length-of-meisen-silk-swirls","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}