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EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY)
Details
A Kyogen Mask, a Bugaku Mask and a Noh Mask
Edo period (18th-19th century)
The first a folk mask from a festival dance, the skin white with a greenish-pink cast, lips red and teeth black; the second Shintoriso, with the hairline carved in raised relief and painted black, the lips red and the teeth black; the third of the female character Chujo, the furrowed brow denoting her woebegone nature
9 in. 22.8cm.); 10in. (25.4cm.); 8½in. (21.6cm.) long
The second with paper label on the interior inscribed Bugaku men Shintoriso Gyo-o saku (Bugaku mask of Shintoriso made by Gyo-o) and with seal (3)
Edo period (18th-19th century)
The first a folk mask from a festival dance, the skin white with a greenish-pink cast, lips red and teeth black; the second Shintoriso, with the hairline carved in raised relief and painted black, the lips red and the teeth black; the third of the female character Chujo, the furrowed brow denoting her woebegone nature
9 in. 22.8cm.); 10in. (25.4cm.); 8½in. (21.6cm.) long
The second with paper label on the interior inscribed Bugaku men Shintoriso Gyo-o saku (Bugaku mask of Shintoriso made by Gyo-o) and with seal (3)