An exceptionally fine quality Japanese fine antique samurai blue indigo dyed Haori jacket, late Edo period 18th-19th century.
Displays important decoration of the Akai Clan family crest.

It is immediately and eminently frameable.

This is an exceptionally beautiful indigo color and example of original samurai period clothing

Age: Late Edo period. 18th-19th century

Size: adult size
Dimensions: 39.5 inches tall and 52 inches wide with fully extended arms (see photo)

Good condition with mild wear appropriate for its age.
A rare find.

Provenance: old Southern Japan samurai collection

History:
The Haori is a traditional Japanese sort of hip- or thigh-length kimono-like jacket, worn over a kosode. During the Sengoku period (1467-1603), sleeveless haori were worn over samurai armour, like the tabard was in Europe. During the Edo period, economic growth allowed the middle class to afford the haori, yielding laws against ostentatious display of wealth by all but the warrior caste.

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