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Fragment

18th century, late Edo period (1789–1868)/ Meiji period (1868–1912)
Silk, and silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper, twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound by secondary binding warps in twill interlacings
13 × 15.2 cm (5.1 × 6 in)

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