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Noh costume (karaori)
Noh costume (karaori)

Noh costume (karaori)

19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk; 2/1 twill ground with gilt-paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in twill-weave, silk discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts, painted
Dimensions148.0 x 134.6 cm (58 1/4 x 53 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number21.186
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
Noh costume (karaori)
late 18th to early 19th century