early Meiji period (1868–1912), 1870/80
Japan
Japan
Mon side: wool, plain weave; fulled (gorofukuren); embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-on-lacqueréd-paper-strip wrapped cotton in laidwork, couching and paper padded couching; lined with silk, weft-float faced 4:1 satin weave (shusu); outer edges interlined with paper; sewn with front and lining matched in size (Tachikiri awase)