Noh costume (atsuita)
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Noh theater robe for a man's role (atsuita) with alternating color blocks (dangawari) of reddish-orange and natural ecru and an overall design of waves (araumi), cart wheels (genji guruma) and winged dragons in white, blue, green and purple silk and gilt paper supplemental weft patterning. There is reddish-orange plain-weave silk lining.

Provenance

Kuroda of Fukuoka Collection. By 1915, Yamanaka & Co., New York; 1915, sold by Yamanaka to the MFA, through William Sturgis Bigelow, Boston, [see note 1] for $7500 [see note 2]. (Accession date: October 7, 1915)



NOTES:

[1] Bigelow arranged the transaction and transport of the costumes on behalf of the MFA.

[2] No. 10 on Yamanaka & Co. object list. Part of Yamanaka's "Complete Set" of Noh Isho and Men dresses (accession no. 15.1146 - 15.1164), purchased as a group for $7500. Costumes from the Hirase Collection were also purchased from Yamanaka & Co. at this time (accession no. 15.1165 - 15.1178), the total sale $9,969.25.

Credit Line

William Sturgis Bigelow Collection and Julia Bradford Huntington James Fund

Noh costume (atsuita)

  • Kimono
  • Japanese, Edo Period, late 18th to early 19th century
Japan
Dimensions
Overall: 146.1 x 137.2cm (57 1/2 x 54in.) Other (Overall): 154.9cm (61in.) Other (Collar): 13.3cm (5 1/4in.) Display dimensions for 1/2013 - 64" X 54"
Medium or Technique
Silk; 1/2 twill ground, ikat-dyed, gilt-paper patterning wefts tied in 1/2 twill order; silk weft floats; embroidered in later 19th century
Classification
Costumes
Accession Number
15.1154
On view
Walter Ames Compton, MD Gallery (Japanese Collections) - 280

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