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Noh costume (nuihaku)
Kimono
Japanese
Edo period
18th or 19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk 1/5 twill ground, embroidered with silk and stenciled with gold leaf
Dimensions
151.8 x 141cm (59 3/4 x 55 1/2in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number21.165
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionNoh theater robe (nuihaku) for female roles patterned with flowing water, wisteria, poetry cards and fan papers in purple, glue, white, green and brown silk embroidery and applied gold leaf on reddish-orange ground.
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA, March 3, 1921