A work made of heri, jô: silk, warp-float faced 2:1 ‘z’ twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts; shiten: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip, warp-float faced 2:1 ‘z’ twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 ‘z’ twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lining: silk, predominant warp, weft ribbed, plain weave.

Ôhi (Stole)

late Edo period (1789–1868), 1800/68

Japan

Heri, jô: silk, warp-float faced 2:1 ‘Z’ twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts; shiten: Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip, warp-float faced 2:1 ‘Z’ twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 ‘Z’ twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lining: silk, predominant warp, weft ribbed, plain weave

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