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Noh costume (nuihaku)

18th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk satin, metallic pigment, embroidered with silk and metallic thread
Dimensions150.5 x 143.8 cm (59 1/4 x 56 5/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number21.170
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA on March 3, 1921
about 1680–90
1575–1650
early 18th century
about 1915
second half of the 18th century
late 19th or early 20th century