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A work made of silk, plain weave self-patterned by stripes of gauze interlacing (tate-ro-chirimen); resist dyed, stenciled (yûzenzome: suri yûzenzome and hikizome), and painted with ink and gold; lined with silk, plain weave (heiken).

Furisode

Taishô period (1912–1926), c. 1920

Japan

Japan

Silk, plain weave self-patterned by stripes of gauze interlacing (tate-ro-chirimen); resist dyed, stenciled (yûzenzome: suri yûzenzome and hikizome), and painted with ink and gold; lined with silk, plain weave (heiken)

Textiles