Art Institute of Chicago

Kesa

Japan

Date

late Edo period (1789–1868), 1850/63

Medium

Hiri, yô, and jô: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, twill weave with interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; shiten and niten: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, twill weave with interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lining: silk, plain weave

Culture

Japan

Department

Textiles

Institution

Art Institute of Chicago

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