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Kimono
Noh costume (atsuita)
Kimono
Japanese
Meiji era
late 19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk damask, silk and gold-wrapped thread discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts tied down with supplementary warps in twill-weave, applied gold
Dimensions
Length x width: 161.3 x 132.1 cm (63 1/2 (CB overall) x 52 in.)
Center Back Length (61 1/2 + 2" for collar)
Center Back Length (61 1/2 + 2" for collar)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number21.1147
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionNoh theater robe (atsuita) for male role in dark blue ground with alternating horizontal bands of Chinese dragons in green, blue, orange and white silk and gold discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts and bands of fish scale pattern (uroko) in applied gold and silver leaf on a dark blue silk damask ground with woven pattern of dragon roundels and clouds; lined with reddish-orange plain-weave silk.
ProvenanceGift to MFA on May 5, 1921