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Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)

19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueAppliquéd silk, simple gauze weave (sha), embroidery, pierced and appliquéd
DimensionsL x W: 106.5 x 179 cm (41 15/16 x 70 1/2 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number21.195
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceDr. WIlliam Sturgis Bigelow gift to MFA March 3, 1921.
17th or 18th century
latter half of 19th century
latter half of the 19th century
late 19th to early 20th century
late 19th to early 20th century
latter half of 18th century
latter half of the 19th to early 20th century
late 18th to early 19th century