A work made of silk, plain weave self-patterned by areas of complex gauze weave (ra); discharge dye extracted (basson) and painted with sumi ink (india); collar faced with silk, plain weave self-patterned with gauze crossings (yoko-ro).

Hitoe

Meiji period (1868–1912)/ Taishô period (1912–1926), c. 1900/20

Japan

Silk, plain weave self-patterned by areas of complex gauze weave (ra); discharge dye extracted (basson) and painted with sumi ink (India); collar faced with silk, plain weave self-patterned with gauze crossings (yoko-ro)

Textiles