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Unknown Maker, Japanese

Semi-formal Buddhist vestment (7-column kesa), Edo Period, 1615-1868

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Japanese, Edo

Title

Semi-formal Buddhist vestment (7-column kesa)

Year

Edo Period, 1615-1868

Medium

silk

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • silk,
  • gilt mulberry paper; compound weave,
  • supplementary warp and weft patterning

Techniques

  • Silk,
  • gilt mulberry paper; compound weave,
  • supplementary warp and weft patterning

Dimensions

Length: 203.2 cm (80 inches)

Place

Place Made: Japan

Type

  • Costume

Credit

Gift of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich

Object Number

35.341

About

Semi-formal Buddhist vestment (7-column kesa)

Place Made: Japan

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Japanese Buddhist Priest Robes from the Lucy T. Aldrich Collection

September 1 - December 31, 2011

Buddhist Vestments

April 30 - July 31, 1993

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The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Semi-formal Buddhist vestment (7-column kesa) with the accession number of 35.341. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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