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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, gilt paper filé, silvered paper filé; 2/1 twill weave patterned with continuous (gilt paper) and discontinuous (silk) supplementary wefts bound in 1/2 twill order (karaori); pieced
DimensionsHeight x width: 107 x 210 cm (42 1/8 x 82 11/16 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number17.1393
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceGift to the MFA on February 15, 1917
Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)
latter half of the 19th to early 20th century
Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)
late 18th to early 19th century
Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)
late 18th to early 19th century
Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)
late 18th to first 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 18th to first half of 19th century