Description
Dim.: 357 x 129 cm
The fabric for this trapezoidal robe made for the Jodo sect is a famous type known in Japan as nishiki kinran a brocade that combines silk in various rich colors (nishiki) with flat gilt-paper thread (kinran).
The Matsudaira clan (松平氏, Matsudaira-shi) was a Japanese samurai clan that descended from the Minamoto clan. It originated in and took its name from Matsudaira village, in Mikawa Province (modern-day Aichi Prefecture). (link)
Lot 1165
Une grande robe de prêtre de type 'kesa' en soie brodée armoriée pour le clan 'Aizu Matsudaira', Japon, Edo, 18/19ème
Ce lot a été vendu le 3 décembre 2021 et n'est plus disponible
