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Over Robe (Uchikake) with Willow and Poem
Not on view
Branches of a leafing willow trail down this over robe, which was originally the kosode of a wealthy merchant woman. Semicursive Chinese characters, rendered in orange-red silk embroidery and couched gold threads read, on the front, 梳 (kushikezuri, to comb), 柳 (ryū, willow), and 気 (ki, weather); on the back, from right to left, 鬚 (hige, whiskers), 霽 (harete, to clear), 風 (kaze, wind), and 新 (shin, new). Before the garment was altered, the characters were ordered as a ninth-century poem written in Chinese by a Japanese courtier, Miyako no Yoshika.
On view from June 7, 2022 – February 20, 2023
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