Nuihaku (Noh Costume)

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Nuihaku (Noh Costume)

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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)
Culture
Japan
Department
Textiles
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
86377

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Many of the elaborately embroidered round crests ( mon ) on this costume are similar to known personal crests of real actors, but others are imaginary designs. Collectively, they are meant to give this garment graphic impact when worn onstage. In Noh dramas, actors wear stylized masks and use methodical movements to portray narratives based on classical literature or Buddhist beliefs.

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Credit line
Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Clyde M. Carr
Provenance
Hirase Collection, Osaka, Japan [Hirase Collection 1927, cat. 13; Julia Meech, "Louis V. Ledoux," Impressions 2022: 110-113]; to the estate; sold to Yamanaka and Co., Boston, by Nov. 1927 [invoice, Mar. 8, 1928; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1930.

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Object type
AAT300014063

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  • Representative object from the topic Japanese Noh Theater Costumes
    Japanese Noh Theater Costumes

    These objects are all elaborate silk costumes (including nuihaku, karaori, kariginu, and other types) used in traditional Japanese Noh theater performances, primarily from the Edo period.

    22 objects from 3 institutions

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