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Kuro Tomesode

Art Institute of Chicago

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Date:
Meiji period (1868–1912), c. 1880
Medium:
Silk, plain weave (heiken); resist dyed and painted (hon yûzenzome: tsustsugaki, bokashizome, hikizome); embroidered with silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered- paper-strip-wrapped silk in individual back stitches, laid work and couching; upper body and sleeve lining silk, plain weave
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
1824 × 2250 px
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