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Document identity
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95626
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Buddhist Vestment (Kesa)
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object
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95626
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object
title
Buddhist Vestment (Kesa)
date
early 1900s
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q84098257
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Garment
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import
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Overall: 118 x 223.5 cm (46 7/16 x 88 in.)
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Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
accession
1916.1341
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silk; metal thread
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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
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Textiles
inscriptions
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.
creditline
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
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2026-05-29 05:08:09.601000
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95626
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silk; metal thread
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