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Unknown Maker, Japanese

Zagu

Maker

Unknown Maker, Japanese

Culture

Japanese

Title

Zagu

Year

1750-1850

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

silk, gilt paper

Dimensions

Length: 113 cm (44 1/2 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich

Object Number

35.309B

Type

Exhibition History

Aldrich Textile Gallery (rotation, Kesa)
Feb 23, 2018 – Jul 29, 2018

Label copy

The matching cloth with a white center is a zagu used for seated meditation or sleeping. When not in use the zagu is worn over the shoulder, rather like a stole known as an ohi. The zagu varies from the ohi in that it does not have patched panels. Both the zagu and the ohi have appliquéd corner decoration.

A Tribute to Miss Lucy
Japanese Kesa from the Aldrich Collection
Nov 01, 2002 – Feb 01, 2003

Label copy

This sumptuous kesa with nine columns was meant for formal occasions. The textile is extraordinarily rich, with both the cloud pattern and its background in gold, and only outlines and details of the clouds delineated in red. Textiles of this type first entered Japan from China during the middle ages.

The matching cloth with its white center is a zagu, meant for seated meditation or sleeping. Generally speaking, zagu are among the accoutrements of monks belonging to groups that do not wear ohi stoles. When not in use, the zagu is worn over the shoulder, rather like an ohi.

Kesa
Japanese Buddhist Vestments from the Lucy T. Aldrich Collection
Nov 20, 1987 – Feb 28, 1988
Japanese Buddhist Priest Robes
Dec 04, 1985

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Unknown Maker, Japanese
Zagu, 1750-1850
Silk compound weave with gilt paper
Length: 113 cm (44 1/2 inches)
Gift of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich 35.309B

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