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Uchishiki (Altar Cloth)

Edo period (1615–1868), 1750/1800
Silk and gold-leaf-over lacquered-paper strip, warp-float faced 4:1 ‘Z’ twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 ‘Z’ twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lining: cotton, plain weave
66.2 × 68.4 cm (26.1 × 26.9 in)

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