Kesa

· late Edo period (1789–1868), 1800/44

Hiri, yô, jô:: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip, warp-float faced 3:1 ‘Z’ twill weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; shiten and niten: silk and silver-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; lining: silk, plain weave

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