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Noh costume (karaori)
Kimono
Japanese
Edo period
18th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk; twill with supplementary silk and gilt-paper patterning wefts; later embroidery
Dimensions
151 x 137.5 cm (59 7/16 x 54 1/8 in. )
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection and Julia Bradford Huntington James Fund
Accession Number15.1166
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionNoh theater robe for a woman's role (karaori) on a dark olive-brown, re-embroidered ground and an overall design of chrysanthemum sprigs in purple, pink, green, blue and gold, swirling water in white and crests with three circles (sansei mon) in gold supplemental weft patterning. There is a blue plain-weave silk lining.
ProvenanceHirase Collection. By 1915, Yamanaka & Co., New York; 1915, sold by Yamanaka to the MFA, through William Sturgis Bigelow, Boston, [see note 1] for $175 [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. 80 on Yamanaka & Co. object list. Costumes from the Hirase Collection (accession no. 15.1165 - 15.1178) were purchased from Yamanaka & Co. individually, along with part of Yamanaka's "Complete Set" of Noh Isho and Men dresses (accession no. 15.1146 - 15.1164), which were sold as a group for $7500. The total sale was $9,969.25.
NOTES:
[1] Bigelow arranged the transaction and transport of the costumes on behalf of the MFA.
[2] No. 80 on Yamanaka & Co. object list. Costumes from the Hirase Collection (accession no. 15.1165 - 15.1178) were purchased from Yamanaka & Co. individually, along with part of Yamanaka's "Complete Set" of Noh Isho and Men dresses (accession no. 15.1146 - 15.1164), which were sold as a group for $7500. The total sale was $9,969.25.