Chôken (Noh Costume)

Japan

Date

late Edo period (1789–1868), 1825/1875

Medium

Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquer-paper strips, complex gauze weave with supplementary brocading wefts and self-patterned by areas of 1:2 'Z' twill interlacing; lined with silk, plain weave; dyed with beni, safflower

Dimensions

110 × 199.5 cm (43 1/4 × 78 1/2 in.)

Department

Textiles

Credit line

Purchased with funds provided by the Orientals; Nickerson Fund