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

Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)

19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk, gilt paper filé, silvered paper filé; simple gauze weave (sha)
DimensionsHeight x width: 136.7 x 221 cm (53 13/16 x 87 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number17.661
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceGift to MFA on February 15, 1917
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 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 19th to early 20th century
Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)
latter half of 18th to first half of 19th century