在十九世纪，日本为其新的西方市场生产了大量产品。经济倡议刺激了专门针对出口市场的消费品的创造。与此同时，日本开始大规模消费西方商品，主要是重工业和工程领域。像这样的绗缝睡袍是在日本永远不会使用的场合和风格。对于欧洲客户来说，晚春的花朵、昆虫和莲花的图案唤起了异国情调的起源，并通过适应西式风格而有所缓解。

In the nineteenth century, Japan produced prodigiously for its new Western market. Economic initiative spurred the creation of consumer items exclusively for the export market. At the same time, Japan began a massive consumption of Western goods, chiefly in the sectors of heavy industry and engineering. Quilted dressing gowns like these are for an occasion and of a style that would never have been operative in Japan. For the European customer, the pattern of late-spring flowers, insects, and lotuses evoked exotic origins, mitigated by accommodations to Western style.