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

Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)

latter half of 19th to early 20th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueAppliquéd Shuchin, silk, gilt paper; lampas with 4and1 satin foundation and 1/2 twill supplementary weave; pieced and appliquéd
DimensionsHeight x width: 135.5 x 223.8 cm (53 3/8 x 88 1/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number21.204
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceGift to MFA March 3, 1921
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