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Fragment of Noh costume

18th or 19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk, gilt paper strips; twill-weave ground with discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in twill-weave
DimensionsHeight x width: 48 x 11 in. (121.9 x 27.9 cm)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number15.814
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA on April 1, 1915
Noh costume (karaori)
early 19th century
Noh costume (karaori)
late 18th to early 19th century
Sword cover (katana bukuro)
18th or 19th century
Textile length
18th or 19th century
Noh costume (karaori)
late 19th or early 20th century