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Japanese

Nō theater costume (nuihaku), mid 1700s

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Japanese

Title

Nō theater costume (nuihaku)

Year

mid 1700s

Medium

silk; gold leaf

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • silk,
  • gold leaf

Techniques

  • embroidery,
  • embroidering,
  • embroidered,
  • satin weave

Dimensions

148 cm (58 5/16 inches) (center back length)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Paper label with crest different from paper wrapper. Nori family

Type

  • Fashion,
  • Costume

Credit

Gift of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich

Object Number

35.458

Projects & Publications

Publications

Patterns and Poetry

Nō Robes from the Lucy Truman Aldrich Collection

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Patterns and Poetry

October 21, 1994 - January 22, 1995

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Nō theater costume (nuihaku) with the accession number of 35.458. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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