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Guide to the Japanese textiles (1919)

Victoria and Albert Museum. Department of Textiles, Smith, A. D. Howell, Koop, Albert J. (Albert James), 1877-1945 · London : Printed under the authority of H. M. Stationery Off. · leaf 46

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28 On the legs were worn two pairs of loose trousers having the upper part slightly pleated and open at each side. These were tied about the waist by a single pair of broad bands and further differed from the trousers worn with ordinary civil dress in having no stiffener ( koshi-ita ) at the back,… … 3- 4- Fig. 13. Footgear. (Sec also pp. 20, 34.) silk, with a damask design either of kwa ni arare (large lobcd medal- lions on a chequer ground) or of yatsu-fuji (medallions composed of racemes of wistaria blossom). The lining was of fine red silk, which showed at all the edges, including those of…

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