/internal/media/dispatcher/605428/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=BABC251BEF212B92EBF43A4A35D74330Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)late 19th to early 20th centuryHeight x width: 137.9 x 222.5 cm (54 5/16 x 87 5/8 in.)Appliquéd silk, Lampas with plain-weave foundation and 1/3 twill supplementary weave; pieced and appliquédWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection21.2030Seven-columned kesa with decoration of shokko patterns. Columns, dividing bands, border, shiten: red silk ground with figured patterns of interlocking geometric shapes (shokko). Chrysanthemums enclosed within square-shaped motifs are linked with four-petalled flowers. Chrysanthemum arabesques and reversed swastikas decorate the interstitial spaces. The pattern no longer exhibits the formal quality of the original Japanese design. Niten: none. Lining: silk plain-weave fabric of degummed red warps and degummed white wefts.Costumes137.90000000001584001