Japan

Kesa

late Edo period (1789–1868)/ Meiji period (1868–1912), 1850/90

Heri, yô, and jô: silk, cotton and gold-leaf-over-lacquered paper strip, twill weave with twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; shiten and niten: silk, cotton and gold-leaf-over-lacquered paper strip, twill weave with twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; cords: silk, twill oblique interlacing; lining: cotton, weft-faced mixed twill weave self-patterned by main warp and ground weft floats

114.2 × 193.3 cm (45 × 76.1 in)