Surcoat (Jinbaori), Edo period (1615–1868), 17th century, Japan, Body: China, for the European market, late 16th–17th century; silk velvet, cut and voided, 36 5/8 x 27 1/8 in. (93.0 x 68.9 cm), Costumes, Samurai jinbaori were frequently made from expensive and flamboyant imported textiles like this Chinese silk velvet, which has a reddish pile pattern on a once vivid yellow background. The European-style “pomegranate” design features bilateral symmetry (mirror-imaged along a vertical axis) and a single direction of orientation
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Surcoat, Jinbaori, Edo period, 1615–1868, 17th century, Japan, Body, China, European market, late 16th–17th, silk velvet, cut, voided, 36 5/8 x 27 1/8, 93.0 68.9 cm, Costumes, Samurai jinbaori, frequently, expensive, flamboyant imported, textiles, Chinese silk, velvet, reddish pile, pattern, vivid yellow, background, European-style, pomegranate, design, features, bilateral, symmetry, mirror-imaged, vertical axis, single direction, orientation
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