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Noh costume (atsuita)

18th century
Medium/TechniqueSilk, gilt paper strips; 2/1 twill ground patterned with gilt-paper strips tied in 1/2 twill order, discontinuous supplementary patterning silk wefts (karaori)
Dimensions158.4 x 142.9 x 160 cm (62.375 CB w/collar x 56.25 x 63 in. )
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.3825
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
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.
Kimono (uchikake)
late 19th or early 20th century
Noh costume (karaori)
late 19th or early 20th century
Noh costume (atsuita)
early 20th century