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Noh costume (atsuita)

late 17th to early 18th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk twill with supplementary silk and gilt-paper wefts
Dimensions143.5 x 139.7 cm (56 1/2 x 55 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection and Julia Bradford Huntington James Fund
Accession number15.1155
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceKuroda clan, Fukuoka, Japan. 1915, sold by Yamanaka and Co., New York, to the MFA for $7500 [see note]. (Accession Date: October 7, 1915)

NOTES:
Yamanaka's "Complete Set" of Noh Isho and Men dresses (accession nos. 15.1146 - 15.1164) were purchased as a group for $7500. This robe was no. 13 on the Yamanaka and Co. object list. William Sturgis Bigelow arranged the transaction and transport of the costumes on behalf of the MFA.

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