Chôken (Noh Costume)

Textiles

1901/25, Meiji period (1868–1912)/ Taishô period (1912–1926)

Japan

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Department: Textiles

Title: Chôken (Noh Costume)
Place: Japan (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1901–1925
Medium: Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, complex gauze weave with supplementary brocading wefts
Dimensions: 125.4 × 207 cm (49 × 81 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. J. L. Valentine
Reference Number: 1928.812
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Hays, Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays. “Nô Drama Costumes and Other Japanese Costumes in The Art Institute of Chicago” Museum Studies 18, 1 (1992), catalogue no. 10, pg. 83.
Nagasaki, Iwao. Japanese Textile in American Collections. Tokyo: Shogakukan, Inc., 1995 cat. no. 149 pg. 152.

The Art Institute of Chicago, Regenstein Hall, Five Centuries of Japanese Textiles: On This Sleeve of Fondest Dreams, March 4–June 7, 1992

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