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paper samurai travel coat (dōchūgi), back shoulder reinforcement

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posted on 2025-01-22, 10:48 authored by Daphne Mohajer va PesaranDaphne Mohajer va Pesaran
An Edo-period samurai dōchūgi, or travel coat made of stencil-printed (katazome) paper, silk, and other materials. This garment is in the personal collection of Fumiko Satō of the Satō Kamiko Workshop. This garment has a paper shell and lining, and is reinforced with conventional woven cloth at the shoulders, armholes, sleeve facings (that are protruding as they are cut longer than the outer shell, likely to protect the edges of the folded paper at the hem seam), and collar hem. It has wadding inside, which could have provided warmth. The motif on the paper is a dotted spiral (uzumaki), while the lining features what could be a floral motif

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

S06

Rights owner

Daphne Mohajer va Pesaran

Cultural group

Japanese

Participants

Fumiko Satō, Daphne Mohajer va Pesaran

Country

Japan

Place

Shiroishi, Miyagi

Item/object

Samurai travel coat

Techniques of production

Printed, sewn

Materials

Washi

Materials alt

silk

Cultural context/event

Interview

Location

Workshop

Temporality

Late Edo-period

Date of creation

2020-01-07

Unique ID

2019SG04-S06-0318

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