Kesa, late Edo period (1789–1868), 1792, Japan, Hiri, yô, jô: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with weft-float faced 1:2 ‘Z’ twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts, shiten and niten: silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts, 108.6 x 178.1 cm (42 3/4 x 70 1/8 in.)
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Kesa, late Edo period (1789–1868), 1792, Japan, Hiri, yô, jô: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with weft-float faced 1:2 ‘Z’ twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts, shiten and niten: silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts, 108.6 x 178.1 cm (42 3/4 x 70 1/8 in.)

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Chicago, The Art Institute

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Photo12/Liszt Collection/Artokoloro

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108.6 Kesa late Edo period 1789–1868 1792 Japan Hiri yô jô silk gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip warp-float faced 4 1 satin weave weft-float faced 1 2 'Z' twill interlacings secondary binding warps supplementary patterning wefts shiten niten plain weave 108.6

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