Chôken (Noh Costume)
1825–1875
- Medium
- Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquer-paper strips, complex gauze weave with supplementary brocading wefts and self-patterned by areas of 1:2 'Z' twill interlacing; lined with silk, plain weave; dyed with beni, safflower
- Dimensions
- 110 × 199.5 cm (43 1/4 × 78 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- Textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
gauzesilk (fiber)butterfliesgold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper stripslate edoflowersbrown (color)brocadingkimonossewingcostumeTextilepaper (fiber product)weavinggold (color)