id:			95626
accession number:	1916.1341
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1341
updated:		2024-03-26 01:56:13.252000

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

title:				Buddhist Vestment (Kesa)
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creation date:			early 1900s
creation date earliest:		1900
creation date latest:		1920
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creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
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culture:	Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
technique:	silk; metal thread
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Garment
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measurements: Overall: 118 x 223.5 cm (46 7/16 x 88 in.)
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	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. 
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Arts of Japan from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   1979-03-25T05:00:00
	<i>Arts of Japan from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH (organizer) (March 25-April 22, 1979).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'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"', 'opening_date': '2011-08-21T00:00:00'}

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