EDO PERIOD

Details

A Kyogen mask
Edo Period
Of a man with a rueful expression and a double lobed chin, coloured in flesh-coloured paint over gofun, with the lips in red, the eyes white and the eyebrows drawn in sumi, minor repairs
21 cm. long

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Lot Essay

The rather comical expression and the informality of the carving look more in keeping with a kyogen performance than a No play. This appears to be a rare mask, and the character it portrays has not yet been identified. However, it is possibly one of a variety of Kobuaku Kyogen mask developed from the Beshimi mask.

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