TWO JAPANESE FIREMAN'S COAT

TWO JAPANESE FIREMAN'S COAT, HIKESHI BANTEN

EDO OR MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

The reversible garment made of quilted cotton cloth, sashiko, one side with a large single character in white on a deep indigo ground referring to the fire company, with stylized ideograms underneath, the inside with vertical lines, together with a modern haori short jacket, 88cm. (2)