Word: unpick
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...These are court art, raised to an intimidating level of egotism: a feudal lord displayed his power and wealth in the costumes of his Nō troupe. Apart from the kind of tie-dyeing used for some kimonos, which took a year to tie and another year to unpick, these robes probably consumed more expert human labor than any other garments in history. The weavers might finish six inches of fabric in a week. The planning of the design, with its innumerable shifts of color and texture, must have required a degree of intelligent concentration unequaled in the history...
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