Description
"ÔHI" BUDDHIST STOLE
with two bands, in nishiki and kinran silk (gold brocade), decorated with tama (sacred jewels) and coral branches amidst stylised wave patterns in a scale-like pattern, four small silk squares, shi-ten, at the ends of the central bands, representing the Shitennō, the guardian kings, and symbolising the four cardinal directions.
(Some tears, wear and pulled threads; sun-faded).
Japan, Edo period, 18th century.
A SILK-BROCADE STOLE, ‘OHI’, JAPAN, EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY.
DIM. 178 X 29.7 CM (70 1/16 X 11 11/16 IN.)
Note
The OHI was generally worn around the waist, in combination with a kesa, a kind of ceremonial cloak worn over the monastic robe, draped over the left shoulder. Both the kesa and the ohi were constructed according to a codified pattern, featuring a strict number of vertical stripes: two for the ohi and between five and twenty-five for the kesa, depending on rank and intended use.
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