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Noh costume (nuihaku)
Noh costume (nuihaku)

Noh costume (nuihaku)

19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk satin, stencil-printed (kata-kaneko, suri-hitta) and embroidered with silk and gold-metallic wrapped thread
Dimensions141.0 x 132.6 cm (55 1/2 x 52 3/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number21.1148
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA on May 5, 1921
Kimono (hitoe)
second half 18th century
Kimono (katabira)
mid 18th–mid 19th century
Kimono (kosode)
late 17th to early 18th century
Kimono (furisode)
19th century
Fragment of robe (kosode)
late 17th century
Fragment of robe (katabira)
late 17th to early 18th century
Kimono (furisode)
late 1920s–1930s
Scroll mount (hyôsô)
18th or 19th century
Wedding kimono (uchikake)
Early 19th century