Large Illustrated Scroll On Paper With 17 Sheets Containing Many Detailed Paintings Diagrams Of

by Court Attire For Men Women

$5,500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller · No longer available

Scroll 418 x 5420 mm. , silk brocade on outside of front endpaper, inside endpaper decorated with square-cut gold flecks. Japan : late Edo. Court attire in mid-Edo Japan was a combination of Heian era 794-1185 court dress with more modern “warrior court” outfits such as hitatare 直垂, nōshi 直衣, and kamishimo 裃, each worn according to rank, setting, and ritual context. Our extremely detailed scroll depicts many kinds of

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