id:			95630
accession number:	1916.1345
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1345
updated:		2021-01-05 10:00:10.999000

Buddhist Surplice (Kesa), early 1900s. Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912). Silk with supplementary weft, brocaded; metal thread; average: 114.3 x 205.7 cm (45 x 81 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.1345

title:				Buddhist Surplice (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 with supplementary weft, brocaded; metal thread
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Garment
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measurements: Average: 114.3 x 205.7 cm (45 x 81 in.)
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 237); January 12, 2015 -

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The kesa is a Buddhist monk’s 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 orange squares with a phoenix and flower pattern 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 bold roundels with dragon and phoenix motifs.
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