Nō Robe (Kariginu-type)
Original Language Title能装束 （狩衣）
CultureJapanese
Date1800-1849
MediumSilk brocade
DimensionsOverall: 65 1/2 × 84 inches (166.37 × 213.36 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number32-142/9
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DescriptionGreen ground silk brocade with gold threads. No robe (Kariginu type) with water plantain (omodaka), crests (mon) and cypress fence design.Exhibition HistoryMasterpieces of Japanese Art, Dallas Museum, Dallas, TX, Oct.4-Nov.30, 1969, no. 50.
This type of robe was worn by an actor playing male characters such as ministers, gods, goblins, or courtiers. The zig-zag geometric pattern depicts a cypress fence. The encircled water plantains symbolize victory.
During the Heian period (794–1185 C.E.), aristocratic men wore kariginu, or "hunting robes," as informal garments. Kariginu became formal attire for military men from the late 1100s to the mid-1800s. Although originally made of lighter materials, kariginu in Nō are often made of thick brocade like this robe.
With Yamanaka and Co., New York, by 1932;
Purchased from Yamakana & Co. by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1932.Dallas
Museum, Masterpieces of Japanese Art, exh. cat. (Dallas: Dallas Museum, 1969) no.
50.
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