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Noh costume (atsuita-karaori)
Noh costume (atsuita-karaori)

Noh costume (atsuita-karaori)

18th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk; 5/1 twill ground self-patterned with 1/5 twill, ikat-dyed (kasuri) and weft color change, silk patterning weft floats
Dimensions149.9 x 142.9 cm (59 x 56 1/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.3904
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
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late 19th to early 20th century
Restricted
late 18th or 19th century
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early 20th century
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