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Kosode

Unknown artist, late Edo period (1789–1868)/ Meiji period (1868–1912), 19th century

1.42 m × 1.8 m

Almost as tall as a doorway. It comes to about the height of the person standing beside it.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 1.8 m
Width: 1.42 m
Medium: Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:4 'Z' twill interlacings; lined with silk, plain weave, creped wefts, dyed with safflower
Kind: Textile
Made in: Japan
Where the measurement comes from: Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it: 180.5 × 125.8 cm (71 × 49 1/2 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 1.26 m × 1.8 m. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit: Gift of Mrs. Robert D. Graff

Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?: 1.42 m × 1.8 m. Almost as tall as a doorway. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made late Edo period (1789–1868)/ Meiji period (1868–1912), 19th century. It is in the public domain, and The Art Institute of Chicago publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?: Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Art Institute of Chicago: Gift of Mrs. Robert D. Graff.
How was it made?: Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:4 'Z' twill interlacings; lined with silk, plain weave, creped wefts, dyed with safflower, made in Japan, late edo.
Who speaks for it?: Its record at The Art Institute of Chicago. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

One email. The smallest thing in the collection, the largest, and two that hang well together.

Scored on colour, shape, era and scale, the same way the gallery hangs them.