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Noh costume (atsuita)
Kimono
Japanese
Meiji era
late 19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk twill ground ikat-dyed, patterned with supplementary silk and gilt-paper patterning wefts
Dimensions
163.5 x 148.6 cm (64.375 CB w/collar x 58.5 in. )
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection and Julia Bradford Huntington James Fund
Accession Number15.1174
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionNoh theater robe for a male role (atsuita) of alternating blocks of color (dangawari) in red, purple, green and pale green and overall design of Chinese flowers (karahana) and wheels between undulating vertical lines in green, pink, gold, purple, orange and gilt paper supplemental weft patterning. There is a reddish-orange 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 $300 [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. 96 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.
Transferred from the Department of Asiatic Art
NOTES:
[1] Bigelow arranged the transaction and transport of the costumes on behalf of the MFA.
[2] No. 96 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.
Transferred from the Department of Asiatic Art