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Fragment (Shitenno from Kesa)

Meiji period (1868–1912), 1875/1900
Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound by secondary binding warps in twill interlacings
16.2 × 15.9 cm (6.4 × 6.3 in)

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