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Fukusa (Gift Cover)

Edo period (1615–1868), 1775/1800
Silk, satin weave (shusu); embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped cotton in knot, satin, single satin, surface satin and stem stitches; laidwork and couching; relined
70.1 × 65.3 cm (27.6 × 25.7 in)

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In the collection of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · as of July 2026

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