Nuihaku (Noh Costume)

Textiles

18th century , Edo period (1615–1868)
(additional patterning added early 19th century)

Japan

The pattern on this robe for the Nō theater refers to the well-known Tales of Ise, which describes the travels of the famous courtier poet Ariwara no Narihira. One episode of the stories concerns Yatsuhashi (Eight-Planked Bridge). Here, the robe’s pattern features the planks of the bridge that are floating in space, disconnected from one another with multicolored iries, and the water currents were added in the 19th century. When the robe was first made, the pattern had no reference to Tales of Ise.

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Title: Nuihaku (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 1801–1825
Medium: Silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave; patterned with impressed gold and silver leaf; embroidered with silk in satin, single satin, and stem stitches; laid work and couching; lined with silk, plain weave
Dimensions: 169.6 × 136.1 cm (66 3/4 × 53 5/8 in.); Repeat: 12.3 × 12.7 cm (4 7/8 × 5 in.)
Credit Line: Samuel M. Nickerson Fund
Reference Number: 1964.272
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Mary V. Hays and Ralph E. Hays, “Nô Drama Costumes and Other Japanese Costumes.” “Five Centuries of Japanese Kimono: On the Sleeve of Fondest Dreams.” Special issue, Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 18, 1 (1992): 37, cat. no. 2, pl. 4, fig. 4 (ill.).
Iwao Nagasaki, Japanese Textiles in American Collections (Tokyo: Shogakukan, Inc., 1995), 162, cat. no. 159.

Art Institute of Chicago, Regenstein Hall, Five Centuries of Japanese Kimono: On this Sleeve of Fondest Dream, Mar. 7–June 7, 1992, cat.
Art Institute of Chicago, Department of Asian Art, Ando Gallery, Apr. 30-Aug. 11, 1998.
Art Institute of Chicago, Department of Asian Art, Gallery 109, July 10, 2015-Oct. 13, 2015.

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