Noh costume (happi)
late 18th or early 19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk; satin-weave ground with gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts (shuchin)
DimensionsOverall: 108 x 197.5 cm (42 1/2 center back, includes 2" collar x 77 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGiven in memory of Chie Hirano by her friends
Accession number40.175
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ProvenanceGift in memory of Chie Hirano by her friends to the MFA on April 11, 1940
1800–50
19th century
19th century
late 18th to early 19th century
19th century
19th century
19th century
early 20th century
late 19th century
late 19th century
18th century
late 19th or early 20th century