Married woman’s black silk outer jacket or top coat, upper half of lining of back painted in beige and brown with image of Mount Fuji, thatched house and trees in middle ground. Came from a collection believed to have belonged to a senior military officer. c 1930s according to donor. [Note: Yukiko Hashimoto suggests Taisho or Showa period].
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