31 century museum in kanazawa

Nobuko Kuroda
黒田 信子

This hanging ornament is that made by the used Kimono I wore in the old days. I made this using by the pieces of cloths such as the best clothes in the childhood, used Kimono that my mother wore in her youth days, long-sleeved Kimono, cloth wrappers, Kimono hold in mud-walled storehouse. I have memories concerned with these in a small pieces. Specially when I look at the piece of my mother’s Kimono, I remind about vivacity mother’s figure. It hurts me because she is Alzheimer’s disease and can not recognize me.

古布を使った吊り飾り

昔使っていた着物類の古い布を使って作った吊り飾りです。子供の頃の晴れ着、母が若い頃着ていた着物、振り袖、風呂敷、土蔵の中に眠っていた着物などの端布を使っており、それぞれの小さな布切れに、それにまつわる思い出があります。特に母の若い頃の着物の布を見ると、はつらつとした母の姿が浮かび、今は認知症で私のこともわからないことが切なくなるのです。