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Bridal Uchikake (Formal Outer Robe) with Ten Thousand Crane Design in Tie-dyeing on Parti-colored, Figured-Satin Ground
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- IK89
Photo No：196-4513
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| Title | Bridal Uchikake (Formal Outer Robe) with Ten Thousand Crane Design in Tie-dyeing on Parti-colored, Figured-Satin Ground |
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| Category | Textiles (I), Textilies |
| Country | Japan |
| Period | Edo |
| Century | 19th |
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| Dimensions | Length 163.5cm Center back to sleeve opening 61.5cm |
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This wedding robe for a young woman from a merchant family is done entirely with intricate “fawn-spot” tie-dyeing (kanoko shibori). Each row is perfectly aligned—a feat of skilled craftsmanship. So luxurious was this technique that sumptuary laws sometimes even banned its production.
Japan-Edo