Woman's Overrobe (Uchikake) with Books and Mandarin Orange Branches first half of the 19th century Japan Books with varying decorative covers appear amid the colorful fruit and flowers on the mandarin orange branches of this outer robe (uchikake). The presence of books reflects the rise in publishing and literacy during the Edo period, while the poetic and congratulatory themes of the covers evoke the aristocratic culture of the Heian period (794–1185) and auspicious patterns associated with celebration. See, for example, the dewy autumn grasses on the red book on the back of the right sleeve,
Woman's Overrobe (Uchikake) with Books and Mandarin Orange Branches first half of the 19th century Japan Books with varying decorative covers appear amid the colorful fruit and flowers on the mandarin orange branches of this outer robe (uchikake). The presence of books reflects the rise in publishing and literacy during the Edo period, while the poetic and congratulatory themes of the covers evoke the aristocratic culture of the Heian period (794–1185) and auspicious patterns associated with celebration. See, for example, the dewy autumn grasses on the red book on the back of the right sleeve, and the cranes in flight on the white book on the back of the left the late Edo period, outer robes of this type were made as formal garments for young women from wealthy merchant families to wear for weddings and special Woman's Overrobe (Uchikake) with Books and Mandarin Orange Branches 55960
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