Noh costume (chôken)
19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk; complex gauze-weave (ro) ground with silk and gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in plain-weave
Dimensions114.6 x 208.9 cm (45 1/8 x 82 1/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number21.173
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ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA on March 3, 1921
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