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
Dimensions154.3 x 143.5 cm (60.75 w/collar x 56.5 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number21.162
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ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA on March 3, 1921
19th century
19th century
late 18th to early 19th century
19th century
19th century
19th century
18th or 19th century
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early 20th century
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late 19th century
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