About This Artwork

Japan

Nuihaku (Nô Costume), Momoyama period (1568–1603), 16th century

Silk, plain weave; patterned with resist dyeing, impressed gold leaf, and embroidered with silk in satin, single satin, surface satin and stem stitches; couching; lined with silk, plain weave; center back panels of silk, warp-float faced 3:1 twill weave self-patterned by areas of plain weave
160.6 x 133.1 cm (63 1/4 x 52 3/8 in.)
Restricted gift of Mrs. Charles H. Worcester, 1928.814

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

Helen C. Gunsaulus. Japanese Textiles (New York: The Japan Society, 1941), pp. 25-29.

The Art Institute of Chicago. The Art Institute of Chicago Quarterly. Vol. 55, no. 3 (September 1961). cover, pp. 42-4 (illustrations).

Mary V. and Ralph E. Hays, "No Drama Costumes and Other Japanese Costumes in The Art Institute of Chicago," Museum Studies 18, 1 (1992). p. 37., no. 1.

The Art Institute of Chicago: The Essential Guide. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1993. pp. 230, 231 (illustration).

Iwao Nagasaki. Japanese Textile in American Collections, (Tokyo: Shogakukan, Inc., 1995), pp. 160-61, no. 158.

Ownership History

Formerly in the Hirase Collection of Ôsaka. Source: Helen C. Gunsaulus, Japanese Textiles, (New York: The Japan Society, 1941), page 28.