We have to double-check your registration and make sure this is not an automated entry in our system. Please complete the test below...
A large Japanese 'Aizu Matsudaira' clan armorial silk 'kesa' priest robe with flat gilt-paper thread, Edo, 18/19th C.
1165
This lot was sold on 2021-12-03 and is no longer available
Dim.: 357 x 129 cm
The fabric for this trapezoidal robe made for the Jodo sect is a famous type known in Japan as nishiki kinran a brocade that combines silk in various rich colors (nishiki) with flat gilt-paper thread (kinran).
The Matsudaira clan (松平氏, Matsudaira-shi) was a Japanese samurai clan that descended from the Minamoto clan. It originated in and took its name from Matsudaira village, in Mikawa Province (modern-day Aichi Prefecture). (link)