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Kesa
Japan · Meiji period (1868–1912), 1870/90 · Heri, yô, jô: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip, warp-float face 2:1 ‘Z’ twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 ‘S’ twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lined with silk, plain weave; shiten and niten: silk, cotton and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip, warp-float faced 2:1 ‘Z’ twill weave with supplementary brocading weft floats and patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:2 ‘S’ twill interlacings; lining: silk, plain weave
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Credit lineKesa. Meiji period (1868–1912), 1870/90. Japan. The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Ralph E. Hays in memory of Mary Van Artsdalen Hays. CC0.