Harvard Art Museums > 2013.71: Buddhist Priest's Robe (Kesa) with Scrolling Floral Textile Arts Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Buddhist Priest's Robe (Kesa) with Scrolling Floral , 2013.71,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 20, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/211562. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2013.71 Title Buddhist Priest's Robe (Kesa) with Scrolling Floral Classification Textile Arts Work Type costume Date late 18th century Places Creation Place: East Asia, Japan Period Edo period, 1615-1868 Culture Japanese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/211562 Physical Descriptions Medium Dark blue silk with "kinran" gold brocade; selected elements made of orange silk with supplementary gold wefts Dimensions H. 113.7 x W. 230.2 cm (44 3/4 x 90 5/8 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Yamanaka and Company, Kyoto, by 1926?], sold; to Louis V. Ledoux Collection, New York (1926?-1948), by descent; to his son L. Pierre Ledoux, New York (1948-2001), by inheritance; to his widow Joan F. Ledoux, New York, (2001-2013), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2013. Footnotes: 1. Louis V. Ledoux (1880-1948) 2. L. Pierre Ledoux (1912-2001) 3. On long term loan to Harvard Art Museums from 1985 to 2013. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Louis V. Ledoux Collection; Gift of Mrs. L. Pierre Ledoux in memory of her husband Accession Year 2013 Object Number 2013.71 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description A Buddhist priest's robe known in Japan as a kesa (Sanskrit, kasaya), this rectangular garment is made up of mulitple pieces of the same cloth that together form a unified assemblage of rectangles and squares framed within a border. The fabric is a very dark blue silk with a design of densely packed flowers and vines brocaded in gold. Four square patches made of a contrasting salmon-colored silk decorated with gold designs of phoenixes flying amid clouds appear in the four corners, just inside the robe's rectangular border. Termed "shiten," these four corner patches are said to represent the Buddhist Guardians of the Four Directions (Shitennō). Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
