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Noh costume (atsuita)

19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk, 2/1 twill ground patterned with silk and gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied in 1/2 twill order, silk discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts
Dimensions143.5 x 136.5 cm (56 1/2 x 53 3/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number21.169
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA on March 3, 1921

Kimono (uchikake)
late 19th or early 20th century
Noh costume (karaori)
late 19th or early 20th century