Brocade, silk. A Buddhist monk’s robe, patched: Kesa

Historical period(s)
Edo period, 1615-1868
Medium
Silk
Dimensions
H x W: 209 x 109 cm (82 5/16 x 42 15/16 in)
Geography
Japan
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number
F1915.263
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Costume and Textile
Type

Textile: kesa

Keywords
brocade, Buddhism, Edo period (1615 - 1868), Japan, monk, patching, weft patterning
Provenance

To 1915
Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1915 [1]

From 1915 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1915 [2]

From 1920
The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] Undated folder sheet note. See Reserved Textile List, R. 121, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

[2] See note 1.

[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

Previous Owner(s)

Yamanaka and Co. (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer 1854 - 1919

Collection Area(s)
Japanese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
Rights Statement

Copyright with museum

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