Another fave from The Met's
#KimonoStyle show for #FrockFriday + bonus #FroggyFriday:
Fireman's Jacket (Hikeshi-banten) with Shogun Taro Yoshikado, #Japan, Edo, mid-19th c.
“The jacket] features a scene popular in Kabuki & based on a print by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865) in which the warrior Yoshikado asks a frog sage for magical powers to avenge the murder of his father.” That print is “The Actor Nakamura Shikan IV as Shōgun Tarō Yoshikado”, 1862, also shown here:

For #FrockFriday: Man's Under Kimono (Nagajuban) with #Spider and Spiderweb, #Japan, 1920s-30s. 🕷️🕸️
It was definitely one of the highlights of the #KimonoStyle exhibition at The Met!
"The pattern could be a reference to [#Yōkai] Tsuchigumo, a monstrous, shape-shifting spider featured in Japanese myths and legends as well as in #Noh & #Kabuki plays. The dramatic, supernatural subject was also featured in #ukiyo-e prints, which might have inspired this nagajuban's composition."