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Noh costume (happi)
Japanese
Edo period
late 18th or early 19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk; satin-weave ground with gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts (shuchin)
Dimensions
Overall: 108 x 197.5 cm (42 1/2 center back, includes 2" collar x 77 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Given in memory of Chie Hirano by her friends
Accession Number40.175
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionNoh theater jacket (happi) with overall design of flowers and leaves in purple, red, cream, yellow, pink and green silk discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts on a reddish-orange ground with interlocing swastika pattern (manji tsunagi) in silver gilt paper strip discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts; lined with purple plain-weave silk.
ProvenanceGift in memory of Chie Hirano by her friends to the MFA on April 11, 1940