Kesa
1800–1844
- Medium
- Hiri, yô, jô:: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip, warp-float faced 3:1 ‘Z’ twill weave with plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; shiten and niten: silk and silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with weft-float faced 1:2 ‘Z’ twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lining: silk, plain weave
- Dimensions
- 107 × 197.2 cm (42 1/8 × 77 5/8 in.); Repeat warp: 19.3 × 10.2 cm (7 5/8 × 4 in.)
- Genre
- textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
liturgical - buddhistsilk (fiber)late edoTextilepaper (fiber product)weaving