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Furisode

Meiji period (1868–1912), c. 1890
Silk, plain weave (shioze); resist dyed (tsutsugaki and hikizome) and painted with pigment and silver; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered- paper strip in satin and single back stitches; lined with silk, satin damask weave
169 × 127.5 cm (66.5 × 50.2 in)

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