Kuro Tomesode
Meiji period (1868–1912), c. 1880
Silk, plain weave (heiken); resist dyed and painted (hon yûzenzome: tsustsugaki, bokashizome, hikizome); embroidered with silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-
paper-strip-wrapped silk in individual back stitches, laid work and couching; upper body and sleeve lining silk, plain weave
169.4 × 124.6 cm (66.7 × 49.1 in)
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In the collection of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · as of July 2026
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