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Length of silk from Noh costume (karaori)
Japanese
Edo period
18th or 19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk; 2/1 twill ground with gilt-paper patterning wefts tied in 1/2 twill order; silk patterning weft floats
Dimensions
Overall: 395 x 22cm (155 1/2 x 8 11/16in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number21.243
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionLength of silk from a Noh theater robe (karaori) with design of Genji wheels, chrysanthemum, peony and weeping cherry blossoms in blue, green, pink, purple, orange, yellow, black and white silk and gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts on a white twill-weave silk ground.
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA on March 3, 1921