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Unknown Maker, Japanese

Nō Theater Costume (Karaori),

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Japanese

Title

Nō Theater Costume (Karaori)

Medium

silk, gold leaf, paper (fiber product)

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Silk and gold-leafed paper,
  • discontinuous supplementary weft patterning

Techniques

  • Silk and gold-leafed paper,
  • discontinuous supplementary weft patterning

Dimensions

149.9 cm (59 inches) (center back length)

Type

  • Costume

Credit

Gift of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich

Object Number

35.480

About

Nō Theater Costume (Karaori)

Patterns and Poetry

Nō Robes from the Lucy Truman Aldrich Collection

Lucy T. Aldrich Collection of Japanese Noh Drama Costumes and Priest Robes

Projects & Publications

Publications

Patterns and Poetry

Nō Robes from the Lucy Truman Aldrich Collection

Lucy T. Aldrich Collection of Japanese Noh Drama Costumes and Priest Robes

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Patterns and Poetry

October 21, 1994 - January 22, 1995

Poetry in Pattern

June 9 - September 3, 1989

Japanese No Robes

October 10, 1986 - November 4, 1987

Poetry in Pattern

October 10 - November 4, 1987

Asian Art Galleries

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