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        "id": 95625,
        "accession_number": "1916.1340",
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        "tombstone": "Buddhist Vestment (Kesa) (\u82b1\u55b0\u9ce5\u6587\u8888\u88df), early 1900s. Japan, Meiji period (1868\u20131912). Silk with supplementary weft, brocaded; metal thread; overall: 119.4 x 205.7 cm (47 x 81 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade, 1916.1340",
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        "title": "Buddhist Vestment (Kesa)",
        "title_in_original_language": "\u82b1\u55b0\u9ce5\u6587\u8888\u88df",
        "creation_date": "early 1900s",
        "creation_date_earliest": 1900,
        "creation_date_latest": 1912,
        "artists_tags": [],
        "culture": [
            "Japan, Meiji period (1868\u20131912)"
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        "technique": "silk with supplementary weft, brocaded; metal thread",
        "support_materials": [],
        "department": "Textiles",
        "collection": "Textiles",
        "type": "Garment",
        "measurements": "Overall: 119.4 x 205.7 cm (47 x 81 in.)",
        "dimensions": {
            "overall": {
                "height": 1.194,
                "height_inch": 47,
                "height_inch_fraction": 0.0,
                "width": 2.057,
                "width_inch": 81,
                "width_inch_fraction": 0.0
            }
        },
        "state_of_the_work": null,
        "edition_of_the_work": null,
        "copyright": null,
        "inscriptions": [],
        "exhibitions": {
            "current": [
                {
                    "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"
                },
                {
                    "id": 197104,
                    "title": "The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art",
                    "description": "<i>The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 15-August 21, 2011).",
                    "opening_date": "2011-03-27T00:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "id": 374890,
                    "title": "Rinpa (\u7433\u6d3e)",
                    "description": "<i>Rinpa (\u7433\u6d3e)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 23-October 3, 2021).",
                    "opening_date": "2021-04-23T04:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "id": 375338,
                    "title": "Japanese Religious Art (Japanese art rotation)",
                    "description": "<i>Japanese Religious Art (Japanese art rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 8, 2021-April 3, 2022).",
                    "opening_date": "2021-10-08T04:00:00"
                }
            ],
            "legacy": [
                {
                    "description": "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\" cat. 71",
                    "opening_date": "2011-08-21T00:00:00"
                }
            ]
        },
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        "did_you_know": "This <em>kesa</em> depicts bird cages, but all the birds portrayed fly free.",
        "early_education_description": null,
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        "description": "<em>Kesa </em>are Buddhist monastic robes that originated in India. The robes are named after the brown or saffron dye originally used in their production. The primary motif on this seven-paneled kesa is a long-tailed bird with a flower in its mouth. This motif was imported from Persia (present-day Iran) through China during the Nara period (710\u2013794)and is interpreted as a positive symbol. The bird delivers happiness in its mouth.",
        "external_resources": {
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                "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q79477492"
            ],
            "internet_archive": [
                "https://archive.org/details/clevelandart-1916.1340-buddhist-vestment-ke"
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        },
        "citations": [
            {
                "citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art, and So\u0306n Su\u0306ng-hye. <em>The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011.",
                "page_number": "Mentioned: P. 71; reproduced: P. 74, no. 71",
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            }
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        "creditline": "Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade",
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        "accession_date": "1916-05-26T00:00:00",
        "sortable_date": 1900,
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        "date_text": "early 1900s",
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        "alternate_titles": [
            "Buddhist Priest Robe (Kesa)"
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        "updated_at": "2026-07-18 11:14:34.757000"
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