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Length of silk from Noh costume (karaori)
Length of silk from Noh costume (karaori)

Length of silk from Noh costume (karaori)

18th or 19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk; 2/1 twill ground with gilt-paper patterning wefts tied in 1/2 twill order; silk patterning weft floats
DimensionsOverall: 395 x 22cm (155 1/2 x 8 11/16in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number21.243
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA on March 3, 1921
Noh costume (atsuita)
18th century (overpainted in late 19th)
Restricted
late 18th or 19th century
Noh costume (atsuita)
late 18th to early 19th century