Lot 53
53
MASK OF HAKUSHIKIJO

Details
MASK OF HAKUSHIKIJO
Boxwood, signed Shugetsu with kakihan
Late 18th Century
1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm.) high
Literature
Raymond Bushell, Netsuke Masks, Kodansha International Ltd., New York, Tokyo and San Francisco, 1985, fig. 66; Raymond Bushell, The Netsuke Handbook of Ueda Rikichi, Tuttle, Rutland, 1961, fig. 4










Lot Essay

Popularly known as the Okina mask, it is used in the dance of Okina, better known in No as Hakushiki-jo, the 'white-colored' old man to be distinguished from the 'black-colored' old man in the Sanbaso dance.