Skip to main content
Noh costume (karaori)
Noh costume (karaori)

Noh costume (karaori)

20th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk, 2/1 twill ground with gilt-paper discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in 1/2 twill order, silk discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts
Dimensions166.4 x 139.1 cm (65.5 CB w/collar) x 54.75 in. )
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number21.168
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA on March 3, 1921
Noh costume (karaori)
late 19th or early 20th century
Kimono (uchikake)
late 19th or early 20th century