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62 x 60 in.
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The Eliza M. and Sarah L. Niblack Collection
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Elaborately designed kimono-shaped comforters were often part of the bride's trousseau and were included with a number of kimonos given to her by her family.
A large phoenix, an auspicious bird associated with the empress in both China and Japan, is depicted here, along with a blossoming Paulownia tree.
The phoenix is also an emblem for the bride because of its beauty and virtues of sincerity, prosperity, and truthfulness-all qualities hoped for in marriage.
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