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posted on 2025-03-14, 14:08 authored by Daphne Mohajer va PesaranDaphne Mohajer va Pesaran
Archival image of a reproduction of a paper garment called a jin-baori said to have been worn by Date Masamune (1567-1636). It is said that this garment was coated in fermented persimmon tannins (kakishibu), and worn to keep warm

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

A02

Rights owner

Daphne Mohajer va Pesaran

Cultural group

Japanese

Country

Japan

Place

Shiroishi, Miyagi

Item/object

Paper garment

Materials

Washi

Cultural context/event

General production

Temporality

circa 1990s

Date of creation

2020-01-24

Unique ID

2019SG04-A02-0060

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    Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

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    Keywords

    Archivalhandmade-paperwashipaper-garment

    Licence

    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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