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A work made of kesa: silk, synthetic (probably rayon), warp-float faced 2:1 ‘s’ twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:2 ‘z’ twill interlacings; lining: silk, synthetic (probably rayon), warp-float faced 2:1 ‘s’ twill weave; cords: silk-wrapped cotton plied cords; knotted; paper: inscribed with india ink (sumi).

Kesa

Shôwa period (1926–1989), c. 1970

Japan

Japan

Kesa: silk, synthetic (probably rayon), warp-float faced 2:1 ‘S’ twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:2 ‘Z’ twill interlacings; lining: silk, synthetic (probably rayon), warp-float faced 2:1 ‘S’ twill weave; cords: silk-wrapped cotton plied cords; knotted; paper: inscribed with India ink (sumi)

Textiles