Semi-formal Court Robe (Jifu)

late 1700s width across shoulders: 226.1 cm (89 in.); length back of neck to hem: 154.9 cm (61 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1983.32

The lavishly embroidered motifs of dragons, clouds, waves, and rocks on this robe form a diagram that symbolizes the universe: the lower horizontal band of waves at the hem represents the oceans that surround the earth, while the prism-shaped rocks emerging from the waves at t...

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