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Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)
Japanese
Taishō era
early 20th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk, gilt paper; 4and1 satin weave patterned by weft floats bound in 1/4 twill order and with continuous supplementary wefts of gilt paper bound in 1/2 twill order (kinran); pieced and appliquéd
Dimensions
Height x width: 46.9 x 150.5 cm (18 7/16 x 59 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number17.644
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionFive-columned kesa with decoration of flowering plants. Columns, dividing bands, border, shiten, niten, braid: light brown silk ground with woven-in patterns of flowering plants in supplementary wefts of flat gold-leafed paper thread. Satin-weave ground interwoven with glittering gold and white threads comprising five-petalled floral motifs and the leaves of flowering plants.Lining: white silk twill weave ground with pattern of clematis and scrolling vines.
ProvenanceGift to MFA on February 15,1917