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Japanese

Nō theater costume (atsuita), 1800-1850

Description

Maker

Culture

Japanese

Title

Nō theater costume (atsuita)

Year

1800-1850

Medium

silk; gilt paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Dimensions

136.2 cm (53 5/8 inches) (center back length)

Type

Credit

Gift of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich

Object Number

35.476

Projects & Publications

Publications

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Poetry in Pattern

October 10 - November 4, 1987

The striking contrast of Chinese-style clouds set against a triangular fish scale pattern calls to mind the powerful forces of nature and human spirit.

The Empress uopn the death of Emperor Temmu (r. 673-686):

The clouds,
the blue clouds
trailing on the northern mountain
tear away from the stars,
tear from the moon.

Translation by Hideo Levy, The Ten Thousand Leaves (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1981) p. 111.

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