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Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)
Japanese
Edo period
late 18th to first half of 19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Columns: silk, gilt paper; lampas with 7 and 1 satin foundation and plain-weave supplementary weave (karaori)
Dividing bands: silk, gilt paper; 5/1 twill weave with continuous (gilt paper) and discontinuous (silk) supplementary wefts bound in 1/2 twill order; pieced
Dividing bands: silk, gilt paper; 5/1 twill weave with continuous (gilt paper) and discontinuous (silk) supplementary wefts bound in 1/2 twill order; pieced
Dimensions
Height x width: 118.6 x 200.1 cm (46 11/16 x 78 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number17.631
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionSeven-columned kesa with decoration of clouds and phoenixes. Columns, dividing bands, border: white silk ground patterned with clouds and phoenixes in the long floats of the supplementary wefts. The flat gold-leafed paper and multicolored supplementary wefts are bound separately on a satin-weave ground. Shiten, niten: portions of the shiten, niten, and columns are no longer extant. In three places, the original fabric has been reinforced with white silk six-harness warp-faced twill weave fabric with patterns of reversed swastikas and paulownia. Lining: purple plain-weave silk.
ProvenanceGift to the MFA on February 15, 1917