Unknown artist, Japanese

Long-tailed birds, possibly pheasants, embroidered onto the gold-leaf diamond grid are often intended to communicate good luck.

A nuihaku is a Nō theatrical costume type that bears both embroidery and metallic-leaf stenciling as decoration. The short boxlike sleeves classify teh robe as a kosode garment. This robe was once in the collection of the Ikeda family of Bishu, a noble family (daimyo) during the Edo period.