karaginu

jacket

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Japanese dress

  • Hans Holbein the Younger: portrait of Henry VIII
    In dress: Japan

    …is a wide-sleeved jacket (karaginu) that reaches only to the waist and has a pattern of hō-ō bird medallions brocaded in colours of the empress’s choice. Attached to the waist at the back of the karaginu is a long, pleated train (mo) of sheer, white silk decorated with a…

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