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Noh costume (karaori)

1800–50
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk, gilt paper strips; satin-weave, discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts (shuchin)
DimensionsCenter back H: 155.6 x W: 139.7 cm (61 1/4 x 55 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number21.154
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA on March 3, 1921
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