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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, silvered paper, gilt paper file; 5/1 twill weave patterned with continuous supplementary wefts bound in 1\2 twill order (nishiki); pieced and appliquéd
DimensionsHeight x width: 48.4 x 127.2 cm (19 1/16 x 50 1/16 in.)
Credit LineAlfred Greenough Collection
Accession number85.64
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ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceGift of Charles Henry Parker, from the Estate of Alfred Greenough

Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)
latter half of the 19th to early 20th century
Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)
latter half of 18th to first half of 19th century
Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)
latter half of 18th to first half of 19th century
Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)
late 18th to early 19th century
Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)
latter half of 19th to early 20th century
Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)
late 18th to first half of 19th century
Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)
late 18th to early 19th century
Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)
latter half of the 19th century