Trousers
CultureJapanese
Date19th century
MediumSilk brocade
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number32-142/13
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DescriptionSilk brocade with gold threads and purple and green waistband. Trousers (Hangire) worn with Nō robe (Atsuita type) with fan design over gold cypress fence pattern.ProvenancePrivate collection, Osaka, Japan [1];
With Yamanaka & Co., New York, by June 8, 1932 [2];
Purchased from Yamanaka & Co., through Langdon Warner (1881-1955), by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1932.
NOTES:
[1] According to H. Yamanaka, Yamanaka & Co., in a letter to Langdon Warner, Nelson-Atkins advisor, June 8, 1932, Harvard University, Langdon Warner Personal Archive, box 13, folder 3, copy in Nelson-Atkins curatorial files.
[2] This was no. 78 on a list of offered textiles included with H. Yamanaka's letter [see note 1].
With Yamanaka & Co., New York, by June 8, 1932 [2];
Purchased from Yamanaka & Co., through Langdon Warner (1881-1955), by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1932.
NOTES:
[1] According to H. Yamanaka, Yamanaka & Co., in a letter to Langdon Warner, Nelson-Atkins advisor, June 8, 1932, Harvard University, Langdon Warner Personal Archive, box 13, folder 3, copy in Nelson-Atkins curatorial files.
[2] This was no. 78 on a list of offered textiles included with H. Yamanaka's letter [see note 1].
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