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Noh costume (Atsuita and Nuihaku))

19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk; twill ground, bottom half 2/1 twill ground with supplementary silk patterning weft tied in 1/2 twill order, silk weft floats; upper part, 5/1 twill ground self-patterned in 1/2 twill, hand painted and embroidered
Dimensions142.2 x 134.6 cm (56 x 53 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number11.1382
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA on June 1, 1911
Noh costume (atsuita)
early 20th century
Noh costume (atsuita)
late 18th to early 19th century
Noh costume (atsuita)
18th century (overpainted in late 19th)