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Noh costume (nuihaku)
Noh costume (nuihaku)

Noh costume (nuihaku)

18th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk satin stenciled with gold leaf (surihaku), embroidered with silk
Dimensions151.1 cm (59.5 in. ) CB w/collar)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection and Julia Bradford Huntington James Fund
Accession number15.1161
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceKuroda of Fukuoka Collection. By 1915, Yamanaka & Co., New York; 1915, sold by Yamanaka to the MFA, through William Sturgis Bigelow, Boston, [see note 1] for $7500 [see note 2]. (Accession date: October 7, 1915)

NOTES:
[1] Bigelow arranged the transaction and transport of the costumes on behalf of the MFA.
[2] No. 22 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.
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