Chôken (Noh Costume), late Edo period (1789–1868), 1825/1875, Japan, Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquer-paper strips, complex gauze weave with supplementary brocading wefts and self-patterned by areas of 1:2 'Z' twill interlacing, lined with silk, plain weave, dyed with beni, safflower, 110 x cm (43 1/4 x 78 1/2 in

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Chôken (Noh Costume), late Edo period (1789–1868), 1825/1875, Japan, Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquer-paper strips, complex gauze weave with supplementary brocading wefts and self-patterned by areas of 1:2 'Z' twill interlacing, lined with silk, plain weave, dyed with beni, safflower, 110 x cm (43 1/4 x 78 1/2 in.)

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