Object name: Rain cape, mino / Collection place: Miomote village (historical), Murakami, Niigata Prefecture / Materials: Linden (wood) (cords on mino) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Rain cape, mino, accession number 9-23012a,b, described as a - Traditional Japanese rain cape or "mino" woven from sedge ("miyamakansuge," scientific name Cyperaceae carex) and linden ("shina") bast, 1955. Also called "hirorimino." b - Waraji (?) woven from rice straw ("wara"), 1947. Both made by Koike-san.