Priest's Vestment and Stole with Dragons in Clouds

18th century

Asian Art

Not on view

Medium: Silk, compound twill, gilt thread, brocaded
Dimensions: robe: 48 × 81 1/2 in. (121.9 × 207 cm)
stole: 64 × 13 1/2 in. (162.6 × 34.3 cm)
Credit Line: Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Gift of Mrs. William H. Moore
Accession Number: 1951.12.8
Geography: Japan
Culture: Japanese
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Classification: Apparel/Costume
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Provenance

William L. Keane 1951; Mrs. William H. Moore (1858–1955) New York; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Object/Work type

clothing, robes, stoles (vestments)

Inscriptions

第壱号　亀頂山　三宝寺　什物\r\nNo. 1, Kichōzan Sanpōji jumotsu\r\nNo. 1 of the treasures at Sanpōji temple in Kichōzan \r\nwritten in sumi ink on the back of the vestment.

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