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Ôhi (Stole)

late Edo period (1789–1868), 1800/50
Silk, gold-leaf-on-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 ‘Z‘ twill interlacings; lining: silk, plain weave
153.8 × 30.6 cm (60.6 × 12 in)

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