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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/TechniqueAppliquéd silk, silvered paper; lampas with 4and1 satin foundation and 1/2 twill supplementary weave (shuchin); pieced and appliquéd
DimensionsHeight x width: 114.5 x 199.3 cm (45 1/16 x 78 7/16 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number17.650
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross gift to MFA February 15, 1917.
Transferred from Asiatic Dept. to Textiles
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