抄録
This paper presents the observations derived from investigation during the repair of five noh costumes thought to have been made from the latter half of the 16th century to the first half of the 17th century. The costumes repaired are: (1) Karaori (Fig. 1), (2) Atsuita (Fig. 2), (3) Atsuita (Fig. 3), (4) Atsuita (Fig. 4), (5) Karaori (Fig. 5). An investigation during the repair provided information about the width of the material, the type of clothing into which they were originally made and the history of their remake. Based on such information, it was possible to determine the time at which they were made into their present state, the method of patterning and the development in weaving designs. As a result, it became clear that the width of the material for each costume varies from 40.9 cm to 45.0 cm. Observations suggest the following about these costumes. Item (1) was originally a costume for an adult but was remade after the Meiji period into a child's costume. Items (2) and (4) had been disassembled during the early Showa period. It is assumed that item (3) was remade into a costume with wide sleeves, a type that appeared after the middle of the Edo period. Item (5) is thought to have been remade after 1960 because of the use of lining fabric with adhesive and the way the okumi and the sleeves are made.
