
Item | Buddhist Pilgrim's Natural Hemp Jacket The Kansai Kannon Pilgrimage is a traditional walking visitation of thirty-three specific Buddhist temples throughout the Kansai region, areas surrounding Kyoto. Wikipedia Kannon Pilgrimage And more information Wikipedia Kumano This garment possesses an abundance of engaging red stamp temple seals and woodblock hand stamped sumi (black ink) images of various Buddhist deities and sanskrit text (bonji) along with some hand printed small kanji. |
Age |
Early 1900s |
Fabric | 100% Hemp |
Size |
Top of collar to bottom edge: 42 inches, 107 cm Sleeve edge to edge, across shoulders: 51 inches, 130 cm Summer pilgrimage weight: 0.8 lbs, 365 g l. |
Condition |
Very good condition. Has one neatly machine sewn repair patch located at the front top right, next to collar. The rest of the jacket in exceptionally good condition. We washed it by hand and ironed it. |