Noh costume (atsuita)
early 20th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk; 1/2 twill ikat-dyed ground with supplementary silk and gilt-paper patterning wefts tied in 2/1 twill order
Dimensions161 x 143.9 cm (63 3/8 x 56 5/8 in. )
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection and Julia Bradford Huntington James Fund
Accession number15.1156
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Not on viewClassificationsCostumes
Collections
NOTES:
[1] Bigelow arranged the transaction and transport of the costumes on behalf of the MFA.
[2] Possibly No. 11 or 12 on Yamanaka & Co. object list. Part of Yamanaka's "Complete Set" of Noh Isho and Men dresses (accession no. 15.1146 - 15.1164), purchased as a group for $7500. Costumes from the Hirase Collection were also purchased from Yamanaka & Co. at this time (accession no. 15.1165 - 15.1178), the total sale $9,969.25.
19th century
19th century
19th century
late 18th or 19th century
late 18th to early 19th century
18th century
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18th century (overpainted in late 19th)
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