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Noh costume (nuihaku)

late 18th–early 19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk plain weave, appliquéd with silk satin, embroidered with silk and couched with gold-wrapped thread, stenciled gold-leaf
Dimensions143.5 x 130.8 cm (56 1/2 x 51 1/2 in. )
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number24.85
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceTransferred from Asiatic Dept. to Textiles.
late 17th century
late 19th or early 20th century
late 18th century
late 18th century
late 19th or early 20th century