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Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)
Japanese
Edo or Meiji era
latter half of the 19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk, 3/1 patterned twill
Dimensions
Height x width: 56.0 x 145.5 cm (22 1/16 x 57 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Alfred Greenough Collection
Accession Number85.43
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionFive-columned kesa with decoration of clouds. Columns, dividing bands, border, shiten, niten: White silk four-harness warp-faced twill ground with Chinese-style cloud patterns woven in weft-faced twill. Lining: Yellow plain-weave silk. The strap is attached to the kesa with a decorative white braided cord.
MFA structural analysis: Silk; 3/1 twill pseudo damask.
MFA structural analysis: Silk; 3/1 twill pseudo damask.
ProvenanceGift of Charles Henry Parker, from the Estate of Alfred Greenough, to the MFA on April 9, 1885