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Lot 308 Dα

A leather fireman's coat (kawabaori). 19th century

Auction 1235 - overview Cologne
08.12.2023, 11:30 - India/Southeast Asia, Tibet/Nepal, China, Korea and Japan
Estimate: 1.500 € - 2.000 €
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A leather fireman's coat (kawabaori). 19th century

With long sleeves and a wide collar border. In the lower section a total of nine hares leaping over waves, reserved from a fawn-coloured ground resulting from a smoking process. At the back and to the inside a furuwa-mon. The border and the inside with thin white stripes.
L 108 cm; width 132 cm

During the Edo period most kawabaori were used by townsmen who wore them for protection from the cold and for festival wear. The lively pattern resulted from a resist process called kataoki in which the pattern was reserved in the natural white colour of the leather, while the rest was smoked to achieve a warm golden brown. The coat is reversible, with a pattern of stripes reserved in white on its other side.