About This Artwork
Chôken (Nô Costume)Late Edo period (1789–1868), mid-19th century
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
110 x 199.5 cm (43 1/4 x 78 1/2 in.)
Restricted gift of the Orientals; Nickerson Fund, 1930.101
Textiles
Not on Display
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
The Art Institute of Chicago, Regenstein Hall, "Five Centuries of Japanese Kimono: On this Sleeve of Fondest Dream," March 7–June 7, 1992
Publication History
Gunsaulus, Helen C. Japanese Textiles. New York: The Japan Society, 1941. Pages 69-72.
Hays, Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays. "No Drama Costumes and Other Japanese Costumes in The Art Institute of Chicago." Museum Studies 18, 1 (1992). catalogue no. 11, pg. 38.
Nagasaki, Iwao. Japanese Textile in American Collections. Tokyo: Shogakukan, Inc., 1995. catalogue no. 148 pg. 151.