Kesa
late Edo period (1789–1868), 1792
Hiri, yô, jô: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with weft-float faced 1:2 ‘Z’ twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; shiten and niten: silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts
108.6 × 178.1 cm (42.8 × 70.1 in)
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In the collection of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · as of July 2026
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