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 50
30 Behind the koji rose an oblong pennon (yet) of black gauze stiffened by a lacquered paper-string edging. The Emperor on occasions of high ceremony wore this upright (riuyei) ; otherwise, as with the higher ranks of the courtiers, it drooped backwards … Fig. 15. Hirao. (suiyei). With military officials it was loosely coiled (makiyei, kenyei). Those below the sixth rank of honour wore instead the hosoyei, composed of two long backward-projecting loops of stiffened paper-string ( koyori ).
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