Lot Essay
Atsuita-type robes are worn for male roles under a broad-sleeved cloak. They feature stripes and checks in bold, masculine designs.
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EDO PERIOD (CIRCA 1800)
Details
Atsuita Noh costume
Edo period (circa 1800)
Complex-weave silk with warp-patterned stripes and with floating wefts for the large arabesques of paulownia, the lining a plain-weave purple silk
61 x 58in. (156.5 x 148cm.)
Edo period (circa 1800)
Complex-weave silk with warp-patterned stripes and with floating wefts for the large arabesques of paulownia, the lining a plain-weave purple silk
61 x 58in. (156.5 x 148cm.)
Provenance
Idemitsu Museum of Arts, Tokyo
Literature
Idemitsu Museum of Arts, No isho Masterpieces of Noh Costume (Tokyo: Idemitsu Museum of Arts, 1990), no. 29, p.35.
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