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A work made of silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; back stiffened with reeds, plain weave; covered with paper; lined with silk, plain weave; ties: silk, plain weave; braided cords.

Hangiri (Noh Costume)

1801/25, late Edo period (1789–1868)

Japan

Japan

Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; back stiffened with reeds, plain weave; covered with paper; lined with silk, plain weave; ties: silk, plain weave; braided cords

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