Nuihaki (Noh Costume)

Japan

Date

Late Edo period (1789–1868), 1801/25

Medium

Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; patterned with impressed gold leaf; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton in satin and single satin stitches; laid work and couching; lined with silk, plain weave; dyed with beni, safflower

Dimensions

175.1 × 137.5 cm (68 7/8 × 54 1/8 in.)

Department

Textiles

Credit line

Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Clyde M. Carr