BIKUNI MASK

Details
BIKUNI MASK
Ivory, unsigned
19th Century

2 in. (5.1 cm.) long, hairline age cracks
Literature
Raymond Bushell, Netsuke Masks, Kodansha International, Tokyo, 1985, fig. 143

Lot Essay

The Bikuni mask is used in Kyogen. It represents a middle-aged nun, a gossip and a meddler. She is often seen in the comic play 'The Crying Nun'.