Kesa
late Edo period (1789–1868), 1800/68
Hiri, yô, jô: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with 1:3 ‘S’ twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary brocading wefts; shiten and nitens: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with weft-float faced 1:2 ‘Z’ twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lining: silk, plain weave; paper, interlining
116.9 × 212.7 cm (46 × 83.7 in)
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In the collection of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · as of July 2026
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