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Samurai Robe. This is a Jin-Baori, battle surcoat worn over armor which is made of red wool and silk brocade. Its design was partly copied from western clothing of Portuguese who first came to Japan in 16th century. It has beautiful "warabi-mon" bracken crest in the back which is applique.
1700-1800 A.D
Asian
Textile History
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Samurai Robe This is a Jin-Baori, battle surcoat worn over armor which is made of red wool and silk brocade. Its
1700-1800 A.D
Jinbaori, 陣羽織 (literally, war camp wear) or surcoats were worn from the late 16th century onwards by samurai over their armour, and occasionally over kimono and hakama. Made from felt, wool, thick hemp cotton, silk, even leather and often with a different coloured inner and decorated with colourful embroidery or fancy cloth-work around the collar, jinbaori often sported the clan crest on the back, and rarely on the front.
