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Kesa
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Kesa

Japan · late Edo period (1789–1868), 1800/68 · Hiri, yô, jô: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip, warp-float faced 2:1 ‘Z’ twill weave with 1:2 ‘Z’ twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; shiten and niten: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip, warp-float faced 2:1 satin weave with weft-float faced 1:2 ‘Z’ twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lining: silk, plain weave

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Credit lineKesa. late Edo period (1789–1868), 1800/68. Japan. The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Ralph E. Hays in memory of Mary Van Artsdalen Hays. CC0.

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