Kabuki costume (jimbaori)
19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueSilk 5/1 twill embroidered with silk and gold metallic wrapped thread
Dimensions83.8 x 53.7 cm (33 x 21 1/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.3974
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCostumes
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
19th century
19th century
18th or 19th century
late 19th to early 20th century
18th century
19th century
early 20th century
late 19th century
late 18th to first half of 19th century
late 19th or early 20th century
about 1875