Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)
latter half of 19th to early 20th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueAppliquéd Kinran, silk, gilt paper; lampas with 2/1 twill foundation and 1/2 supplementary weave; pieced and appliquéd
DimensionsHeight x width: 112.0 x 186.0 cm (44 1/8 x 73 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Honorable George Holden Tinkham
Accession number43.7
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCostumes
Collections
ProvenanceGift to the MFA, January 14, 1943
19th century
latter half of the 18th–first half of the 19th century
early 20th century
late 18th to early 19th century
dated 1802 (Kyōwa 2)
latter half of the 19th century
latter half of 19th century
19th century
latter half of 19th century
latter half of 19th century
late 19th to early 20th century
latter half of the 19th to early 20th century