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Buddhist priest's stole (ôhi)
Buddhist priest's stole (ôhi)

Buddhist priest's stole (ôhi)

18th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk, gilt paper; 4and1 satin weave with continuous and discontinuous supplementary wefts bound in 1/2 twill order (shuchin); pieced and appliquéd
DimensionsLegacy dimension: 168.1 x 32.5 cm
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Walter Scott Fitz
Accession number15.259
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenancePurchased by the donor of Shojiro Nomura; gift to MFA on February 4, 1915

Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)
late 18th to early 19th century
Buddhist priest's stole (ôhi)
late 18th to 19th century
Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)
latter half of 18th to first half of 19th century
Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)
latter half of the 19th century
Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)
latter half of 18th to first half of 19th century