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Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)
Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)

Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)

latter half of 18th to first half of 19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk, gilt paper; lampas with 3/1 twill foundation and plain-weave supplementary weave (kinran); pieced and appliquéd
DimensionsHeight x width: 106.7 x 207.0 cm (42 x 81 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Walter Scott Fitz
Accession number15.277
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)
17th or 18th century
Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)
latter half of 19th century
Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)
latter half of 19th to early 20th century
Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)
latter half of the 18th–first half of the 19th century
Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)
latter half of 18th century
Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)
latter half of the 19th century
Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)
late 19th to early 20th century
Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)
late 19th to early 20th century