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Buddhist priest's robe (kesa)
Japanese
Meiji era
latter half of the 19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk; Lampas with 2/1 twill foundation and 1/2 twill supplementary weave (nishiki); pieced and appliquéd
Dimensions
139 x 220.4 cm (54 3/4 x 86 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.3991
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionColumns, dividing bands, border, shiten: red silk ground with figured patterns of dragons and clouds. Motifs of clouds and four-clawed dragons in relatively small rectangular forms repeat vertically and horizontally. Niten: none. Lining: silk plain-weave fabric of degummed red warpes and degummed white wefts.
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.