Noh costume (nuihaku)
18th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk satin-weave ground, handpainted, stenciled gold leaf, embroidered with silk
DimensionsCenter front: 154.1 cm (60 11/16 in.)
Center back: 148.4 cm (58 7/16 in.)
Length x width: 156.1 x 135.3 cm (61 7/16 x 53 1/4 in.) (exhibition dimensions)
Other (collar): 13.2 cm (5 3/16 in.)
Center back: 148.4 cm (58 7/16 in.)
Length x width: 156.1 x 135.3 cm (61 7/16 x 53 1/4 in.) (exhibition dimensions)
Other (collar): 13.2 cm (5 3/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection and Julia Bradford Huntington James Fund
Accession number15.1160
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCostumes
Collections
NOTES:
[1] Bigelow arranged the transaction and transport of the costumes on behalf of the MFA.
[2] No. 21 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 Hirose Collection were also purchased from Yamanaka & Co. at this time (accession no. 15.1165 - 15.1178), the total sale $9,969.25.
late 17th century
late 18th century
late 18th–early 19th century
late 19th or early 20th century
Early 17th century
18th or 19th century
late 17th to early 18th century
18th century
19th century
1720–30
18th century
19th century