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Noh costume (atsuita)
Noh costume (atsuita)

Noh costume (atsuita)

19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk, 5/1 twill with warp and weft stripe; patterned in 1/5 twill order
Dimensions175.9 x 147.3 cm (69.25 w/collar x 58 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection and Julia Bradford Huntington James Fund
Accession number15.1176
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceHirase Collection. By 1915, Yamanaka & Co., New York; 1915, sold by Yamanaka to the MFA, through William Sturgis Bigelow, Boston, [see note 1] for $65 [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. 99 on Yamanaka & Co. object list. Costumes from the Hirase Collection (accession no. 15.1165 - 15.1178) were purchased from Yamanaka & Co. individually, along with part of Yamanaka's "Complete Set" of Noh Isho and Men dresses (accession no. 15.1146 - 15.1164), which were sold as a group for $7500. The total sale was $9,969.25.