Object Details
- Label
- Actors of the Japanese dance drama, No, wear masks and exquisite costumes to perform on a stage built of unvarnished cypress and decorated only with a painting of a pine tree. Gold is extensively used in No costumes, where it reflects light and highlights the actor's slow, stylized movements. The quality of textiles for No costumes reflects their origin as gifts to actors of personal garments worn by warrior patrons. This jacket would have been worn over a robe of contrasting design, usually for female roles, but also for the roles of courtiers or warriors.
- Provenance
- To 1995
- Takashi Yanagi, Kyoto, to 1995
- From 1995
- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, purchased from Takashi Yanagi in 1995
- Collection
- National Museum of Asian Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Gold: The Asian Touch (September 10, 2005 to February 20, 2006)
- Honoring Friends: Recent Gifts by Members of the Freer and Sackler Galleries (June 10 to November 25, 2001)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Takashi Yanagi
- Credit Line
- Purchase -- funds provided by the Friends of Asian Arts and Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program
- 18th-19th century
- Period
- Edo period
- Accession Number
- S1995.97
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Costume and Textile
- Medium
- Gauze-weave silk with gold leaf on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 118.2 x 217 cm (46 9/16 x 85 7/16 in)
- Origin
- Japan
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- silk (fiber)
- gauze
- phoenix
- Edo period (1615 - 1868)
- cherry blossom
- Noh
- Japan
- Japanese Art
- Record ID
- fsg_S1995.97
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3c8a720c7-24e9-4672-ac51-195cce1cea8b
