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Noh costume (chôken)
Noh costume (chôken)

Noh costume (chôken)

19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk complex gauze-weave (ro) ground with silk and gilt paper discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in plain-weave; braided and twisted silk cord; painted
Dimensions108.6 x 206.4 cm (42 3/4 x 81 1/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number21.1143
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceCollection of William Sturgis Bigelow; gift to the MFA on May 5, 1921
Noh costume (maiginu)
18th or 19th century
Noh costume (chôken)
late 18th or early 19th century
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late 18th century
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18th or 19th century
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