Noh costume (karaori)
19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk 2/1 twill ground with supplementary silk and gilt-paper patterning wefts tied in 1/2 twill order; silk weft floats
Dimensions154.9 x 150.5 cm (61 x 59 1/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number21.153
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ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA on March 3, 1921
19th century
19th century
19th century
18th century
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19th century
18th century (overpainted in late 19th)
18th or 19th century
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late 18th or 19th century
late 18th to early 19th century
19th century