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Noh costume (nuihaku)

late 18th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk satin weave ground; embroidered with silk and gilt paper yarns; stenciled gold leaf
Dimensions146.1 x 126.4 cm (57 1/2 x 49 3/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number21.160
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceTransferred from Asiatic Dept. to Textiles.
late 17th century
late 18th–early 19th century
late 19th or early 20th century
early 18th century
1650–1725
19th century
late 17th to early 18th century
Early 17th century