The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of June 28, 2022

Buddhist Vestment (Kesa)

early 1900s

Japan, Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912), early 20th century

Silk; metal thread

Overall: 118 x 223.5 cm (46 7/16 x 88 in.)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.1341

Location

not on view

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.

Exhibition history

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"

Arts of Japan from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH (organizer) (March 25-April 22, 1979).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1916.1341