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Noh robe (Nuihaku) with Design of Butterflies and Miscanthus Grass in Mist

Unknown Artist

17th century

Noh robe (Nuihaku) with Design of Butterflies and Miscanthus Grass in Mist by Unknown Artist

Medium

Robe: gold and silver leaf on silk satin damask; butterflies: silk embroidery on plain-weave silk

Dimensions

Overall: 66 1/4 x 53 5/8 in. (168.3 x 136.2 cm)

Classification

Costumes

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Alice Boney, 1966

Accession Number

66.20

Tags

CostumesButterflies

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