Robe with "Bingata" (paste-resist) Decoration of Phoenixes and Clouds on a White Ground

Textile fibers

Resist-dyed gray silk crepe (chirimen) with "twilight dying" (akebono-zome) designs utilizing paste-resist (yuzenzome) and hand-painted techniques; selected motifs embroidered with polychrome silk and gold threads

Pale green-blue silk with cloud motifs painted in gold pigment; additional motifs embroidered in polychrome silk and gold threads

Blue silk with gold brocade

Ink on silk

Fiber

Patterned silk gauze with designs stenciled in gold

Gilt bronze

Linen