Buddhist priest's stole with phoenix, dragon, and flower, 19th century, Unknown Japanese, 12 3/16 × 59 7/8 in. ( × cm), Brocaded silk, Japan, 19th century, Varicolored dragons and phoenixes cavort among a plethora of flowers on this silk brocade stole made for a Buddhist monk. Known as ōhi in Japanese, such stoles are placed on the right shoulders of monks when wearing a particular variety of outer robe (kesa) formed from seven individual pieces of fabric

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