Outer Robe (Uchikake) with Mount Hōrai second half of the 18th century–first half of the 19th century Japan The ancient Chinese legend of Penglai, a spiritual mountain of eternal life located in the eastern seas, lives on in this late-Edo-period robe. In Japan, the fantasy island, Mount Hōrai, became stylized as a gathering of cranes and tortoises in a bright landscape, like this one, dominated by pine, plum, and bamboo. The theme of Mount Hōrai was common in bridal Outer Robe (Uchikake) with Mount Hōrai 44945

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