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

Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)

latter half of 19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueAppliquéd Kinran, silk, gilt paper; lampas with 3/1 plain-weave foundation and plain-weave supplementary weave; pieced and appliquéd
DimensionsHeight x width: 106. x 189.5 cm (41 3/4 x 74 5/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Honorable George Holden Tinkham
Accession number43.8
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceGift to MFA on January 14, 1943
Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)
17th or 18th 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 century
Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)
latter half of 19th to early 20th century
Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)
latter half of the 18th–first half of the 19th century
Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)
latter half of the 19th century
Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)
late 19th to early 20th century
Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)
late 19th to early 20th century
Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)
late 19th to early 20th century