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Kesa

Art Institute of Chicago

Artwork Details

Date
late Edo period (1789–1868), c. 1850
Medium
Hiri, yô, jô: Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped silk, warp-float faced 2:1 'Z' twill weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning and brocading wefts; shiten and niten: Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip, warp-float faced 2:1 'Z' twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lining: silk, 4:1 satin damask weave; stenciled, resist-dyed and painted (tsutugaki-zome); interlining: cotton, plain weave
Culture
Japan
Public Domain
Yes
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