Edo Blossoms and Butterflies Embroidered Shawl

$150.00 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

An art shawl inspired by The Met collection. This embroidered shawl reimagines an exquisite Edo-period (1615–1868) outer robe known as an uchikake , typically reserved for formal occasions or stage performances. Pillowy peonies and plum blossoms create an exuberant motif, with delicate butterflies fluttering between the blooms. These auspicious symbols of springtime, joy, longevity, and marital happiness are well suited to the original late 18th–early 19th-century robe's enduring use in traditional Japanese…