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Fukusa (Gift Cover)

late Edo period (1789–1868)/Meiji period (1868–1912), 1850/75
Kinran, fancy compound satin, silk, and gilt paper; lined with red silk crepe
64.8 × 64.8 cm (25.5 × 25.5 in)

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