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A work made of silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, slit tapestery weave (kossu); backed with silk, plain weave, creped wefts; tassels: painted and plied.

Uchishiki (Altar Cloth)

late Edo period (1789–1868), 1801/25

Japan

Japan

Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, slit tapestery weave (kossu); backed with silk, plain weave, creped wefts; tassels: painted and plied

Textiles