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Kimono
Noh costume (atsuita)
Kimono
Japanese
Meiji era
early 20th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk, 5/1 twill ground patterned with gilt-paper strips tied in 1/2 twill order, silk weft floats, hand-painted
Dimensions
154.3 x 142.2 cm (60 3/4 x 56 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.3885
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionNoh theater robe with alternating blocks of color and design (dangawari) including stylized gongs (chôban), trailing clouds (kumo), crane roundels (tsuru), and lightening bolts (inazuma) in reddish-orange, blue, green, red, purple, white, brown silk and gilt paper-wrapped thread discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts; purple plain-weave silk lining.
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.