Men haori with Genji scenes, Haori for a man with a decoration on the lining of a part of a folding screen: two ragged folding fan-shaped images, the one with a lady-in-waiting playing koto on a veranda, the other with two ladies-in-waiting and a child on a porch with running water, against a background of a painting of a man on a raft and pine trees with a text on an irregular surface of sheets of gold leaf. Perhaps scenes from the Genji monogatari. Black glossy silk (habutae) with stenciled yuzen decoration. Five family coats of arms (mon) from a well edge (igeta) motif., anonymous, Japan, 1920 - 1940, silk, h 132 cm × w 102 cm
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Men haori, Genji scenes, Haori, man, decoration, lining, part, folding screen, two ragged folding fan-shaped images, Lady-in-waiting playing koto, veranda, two ladies-in-waiting, child, porch, running water, background, painting, raft, pine trees, text, irregular surface, sheets, gold leaf, scenes, Genji monogatari, Black glossy silk, habutae, stenciled yuzen decoration, Five family coats, arms, mon, well edge, igeta, motif, Japan, 1920, 1940, silk
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