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 viewClassificationsCostumes
Collections
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA on March 3, 1921
19th century
18th century (overpainted in late 19th)
19th century
19th century
late 18th or 19th century
18th century
18th century
late 18th to early 19th century
19th century
18th century
19th century
19th century