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Noh costume (karaori)
Kimono
Japanese
Edo era
late 18th to early 19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk; twill with ikat-dyed warps and supplementary silk and gilt-paper patterning wefts
Dimensions
142.2 x 134.6 cm (56 x 53 in. )
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection and Julia Bradford Huntington James Fund
Accession Number15.1153
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionNoh theater robe (karaori) with alternating color blocks (dangawari) in light blue and orange and an overall design of autumn grasses, clematis and bamboo wickerwork in white, blue, orange, green and gold supplemental weft patterning. There is a purple plain-weave silk lining.
ProvenanceKuroda 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 1]. (Accession date: October 7, 1915)
NOTES:
[1] Bigelow arranged the transaction and transport of the costumes on behalf of the MFA.
[2] No. 9 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.
NOTES:
[1] Bigelow arranged the transaction and transport of the costumes on behalf of the MFA.
[2] No. 9 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.