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An historical sketch of nishiki and kinran brocades; with a catalog on one hundred and twenty rare specimens dating from 1400 to 1812 A. D. (1914)

Nomura, Shojiro, Sargent, Porter, Copley Society (Boston, Mass.) · Boston [N. Sawyer & son, inc., printers] · leaf 17

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77. KARA-ORI KESA. (Nishi jin Loom.) Pattern: Blazon of the Daimyo of Asano (two crossed feathers), in gold, entire ground of Kikko-moyo, in seven colors on red ground. Date: Kan-yei period (1624-1643). Length, seven feet ; width, three feet ten inches. 15

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