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Haori Jacket - Artifacts

Description
Man's Formal Black Silk Haori Jacket Short square sleeves, short body, straight collar extending to bottom which can folded back to be worn on the outside. Black fine plain weave silk with hard finish, hand stitched. Five white mon family crests (two on front, two on sleeves and one at center back) in shape of a large circle at the top overlapped with two smaller ones at the bottom encircled by a white ring, representing charcoal arranged in a braziers (Hara family crest). One quarter of the way down the collar are two black silk loops for the haori tie. The sleeves are lined with gold colored damask creating a mottled textures and the inner edge is lined with black self fabric (3" band); the front is lined with the gold damask 1/3 of the way down and the lower 2/3 is lined with self fabric; the back lower half is lined with self fabric and the upper half is lined with the gold damask with brocade fan shaped album style designs and six silver brocade kanji "Shi-sen-do" (name of building "poem-old man-building") referring to the upper autumn design done in the style of sumi painting featuring a gray, beige and black pavillion with a lamp, bridge, trees and grasses; and "Gen-sei-an" (name of an era) referring to the lower winter design featuring a dark brown, beige, gray and light brown representing a temple complex among trees and mountains.
Object ID
1997.001.012