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Noh costume (karaori)
Noh costume (karaori)

Noh costume (karaori)

19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk; twill-weave ground with silk discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts and gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in twill-weave
Dimensions146.1 x 134.0 cm (57 1/2 x 52 3/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number21.146
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift from William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA on March 3, 1921
Noh costume (karaori)
late 18th to early 19th century
Noh costume (karaori)
early 20th century
Noh costume (karaori)
late 19th century
Noh costume (karaori)
late 19th or early 20th century
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