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        "tombstone": "Buddhist Surplice (Kesa), early 1900s. Japan, Meiji period (1868\u20131912). Silk with supplementary weft, brocaded; metal thread; average: 116.9 x 193 cm (46 x 76 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade, 1916.1338",
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        "title": "Buddhist Surplice (Kesa)",
        "creation_date": "early 1900s",
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        "department": "Textiles",
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        "type": "Garment",
        "measurements": "Average: 116.9 x 193 cm (46 x 76 in.)",
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                {
                    "id": 443393,
                    "title": "Arts of Japan from the Cleveland Museum of Art",
                    "description": "<i>Arts of Japan from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH (organizer) (March 25-April 22, 1979).",
                    "opening_date": "1979-03-25T05:00:00"
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                    "description": "Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 237); January 12, 2015 -",
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        "description": "The kesa is a Buddhist monk\u2019s vestment worn folded and draped over one shoulder, and fastened over the chest. In keeping with the austere conditions of monastic life, kesa were traditionally fashioned from remainders of donated garments sewn together into a series of columns. The wider, central column symbolizes the Buddha. The squares with golden roundels in each corner represent the deities who guard the four directions, while the two at the top on either side of the central column symbolize attendant bodhisattvas, or the Nio, guardians who protect the Buddhist Law. This kesa is sewn from a textile with a butterfly and \"eight bridges\" (yatsuhashi) pattern.",
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        "alternate_titles": [
            "Buddhist Priest Robe (Kesa)",
            "Buddhist Vestment (Kesa)\r\n",
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