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Ôhi (Stole)

late Edo period (1789–1868), 1801/25
make of pieces of nishiki-kinran, silk compound weave, with ground of dark blue flecked pattern and circular motifs woven in colored silks and kinran, cut paper with gold foil.
145.8 × 29.9 cm (57.4 × 11.8 in)

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