Buddhist Vestment (Kesa)
early 1900s
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Buddhist Vestment (Kesa)
, early 1900s. Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912). Silk; metal thread; overall: 118 x 223.5 cm (46 7/16 x 88 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.1341
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Garment
- Formatted Medium
- silk; metal thread
- Dimensions
- Overall: 118 x 223.5 cm (46 7/16 x 88 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: The back of this kesa has the inscription Shaku Joshin shido). The name indicates that the garment is associated with a True Pure Land Buddhist temple. A shido is a hall within the precincts of a Buddhist temple for the veneration of mortuary tablets of lay members of the temple community.
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1916.1341
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
- Exhibitions
- Arts of Japan from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, (3/2/ 2011 - 8/21/2011); "The Lure of Painted Poetry: Cross-cultural Text and Image in Korean and Japanese Art"
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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