http://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1643220/resize%3Aformat%3DfullBuddhist priest's robe (kesa)late 18th to early 19th centuryAppliquéd silk, gilt paper; 2/1 twill weave with continuous supplementary wefts (gilt paper) bound in 1/2 twill order and discontinuous supplementary-weft floats (silk) bound at intervals; pieced and appliquéd (Karaori)Seven-columned kesa with decoration of chrysanthemums. Columns, dividing bands, borders, shiten, niten: red silk ground patterned with chrysanthemum bushes in the floats of the supplementary wefts. The supplementary-weft floats are not very long, but the relaxed quality is still apparent. Although the chrysanthemum motifs are a bit stylized, they are not rigid. This is a special characteristic of karaori from the latter half of the eighteenth century through the first half of the nineteenth century. Lining: Purple plain-weave silk, probably of the same period as the outer fabric.Costumes113.3000000000 Centimeterhttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/28704/rdf