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Fragment of noh costume (karaori)
Japanese
Edo period
late 17th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk twill-weave ground with silk discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts (karaori)
Dimensions
Overall: 38 x 32.5 cm (14 15/16 x 12 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number28.510
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionFragment of noh theater costume (karaori) with reddish-orange silk twill-weave ground and design of white wavy bands (tatewaku pattern) interlaced with hydrangea roundels in reddish-orange, green, dark blue gold and white; backed with plain-weave cotton.
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection; Gift from Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA, October 4, 1928