Fragment (Shitenno from Kesa)

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Fragment (Shitenno from Kesa) (Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912), 1875/1900)Japan
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Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound by secondary binding warps in twill interlacings
16.2 × 15.9 cm (6 3/8 × 6 1/4 in.)
The Art Institute of Chicago

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