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, x 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, x cm (42 3/4 x 70 1/8 in.)

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