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Kimono
Noh costume (atsuita)
Kimono
Japanese
Edo period
18th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk 2/1 twill with silk supplementary patterning wefts tied in 1/2 twill and silk patterning weft floats
Dimensions
161.0 x 144.8 cm (63 3/8 CB includes collar x 57 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection and Julia Bradford Huntington James Fund
Accession Number15.1159
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionNoh theater robe (atsuita), for male role, with an overall design of a fish scale pattern (uroko) in dark blue and white with cart wheels (genji guruma) and half submerged cart wheels (katawaguruma) in white, blue, green, pale yellow and orange silk discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts; white plain-weave ramie (?) 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 2]. (Accession date: October 7, 1915)
NOTES:
[1] Bigelow arranged the transaction and transport of the costumes on behalf of the MFA.
[2] No. 18 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. 18 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.