Kesa, late Edo period (1789–1868), c. 1850, Japan, 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, 18

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