#royal robe

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Red royal robe with dragons and jewels. Japan, Kingdom of Ryūkyū, Second Shō dynasty, 18th century. 

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From the 1975 Sakowitz Lifestyle catalog. https://archive.org/details/sakowitz-lifestyle-july-1975

Sakowitz was a men's clothing store which grew into a small chain of family-owned high-end department stores based in Houston, Texas. It operated from 1902 until 1990.

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While content and language form a certain unity in the original, like a fruit and its skin, the language of the translation envelops its content like a royal robe with ample folds.

Walter Benjamin, the task of the translator

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Royal Robe It may look small, but they grow quite large!

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