Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)
17th or 18th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueAppliquéd silk, gilt paper
Columns: lampas with 3/1 twill foundation and plain-weave supplementary weave (kinran)
Rest of the kesa: 3/1 broken twill with continuous supplementary wefts bound in plain-weave order
Pieced and appliquéd
DimensionsHeight x width: 110.3 x 188.1 cm (43 7/16 x 74 1/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Walter Scott Fitz
Accession number15.261
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ProvenancePurchased by Mrs. W. Scott Fitz from Shojiro Nomura; gift of Mrs. Fitz to MFA, February 4, 1915.
late 18th to early 19th century
late 18th to first half of 19th century
19th century
18th century
latter half of the 19th century
latter half of 18th to first half of 19th century
latter half of 19th century
early 20th century
latter half of 19th century
latter half of 18th century
latter half of 18th to first half of 19th century
latter half of the 19th century