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 35
78. KARA-ORI KESA. (Nishi jin Loom.) A graceful pattern of weeping willow and flying swallows (typical Japanese design), in white, blue, green, yellow and gold on a red Manji-tsunagi (same design re- peated) ground. Date: ca. 1650. Length, six feet six inches; width, four feet. 33
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