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National Treasure

Kaibu Mo (Women's Formal Pantaloon-Skirt with Seashore Motif) with Lozenges on White Kata-aya Twill Ground (Sacred Treasure from Asuka Shrine)

Museum No.
IK68-3

The great Kumano-Hayatama Shrine in Wakayama inherited a large number of sacred, shrine treasures through donations by the Ashikaga Shogunate and provincial military commissioners. Provincial commissioners also donated numerous treasures to its subsidiary, the Asuka Shrine. These treasures are now owned by the Japanese National Government.
The collections from these shrines includes a variety of textiles, representative of costume of the nobility, and lacquerware decorated in gold and silver maki'e and mother-of-pearl inlay. Because the approximate dates and circumstances of their production are known, such objects are important data for Japanese art historians .
This mo (formal pantaloon-skirt), in a unusual hitoe-hakama (single layer skirt) style, is painted with kaibu seashore designs. It is believed to be a replica of some noblewoman's costume.

Japan-Nambokucho

Title Kaibu Mo (Women's Formal Pantaloon-Skirt with Seashore Motif) with Lozenges on White Kata-aya Twill Ground (Sacred Treasure from Asuka Shrine)
Designation National Treasure
Artist
Category Textiles (I), Textilies
Country Japan
Period Nanbokuchō
Century 14th
Year Around the year 1390
Quantity
Materials
Dimensions Length 159cm 47.5cm
Inscription by
Signature/Seals Etc
Donor

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