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 33
75- KARA-ORI KESA. (Nishijin Loom.) Pattern: Ho-wo birds (phoenix), on a ground of floral design in a variety of colors on delicate brown ground. Date: Kan-yei period (1624-1643). One of the finest examples in this collection. Length, six feet ten inches; width, three feet nine inches. 3i
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