Noh Mask of Shakumi

EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY) BY DEME MITSUNAGA

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Noh Mask of Shakumi
Edo period (17th century) by Deme Mitsunaga
Polychrome pigments and gesso over wood; signed on reverse Deme Mitsunaga and with kao (cursive monogram) and another kao
8in. (20.4cm.) long

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Lot Essay

Shakumi is a middle-aged woman who is emotionally traumatized, her expression slightly strained. She has a unique coiffure, with uppermost bundles of locks separated from the main mass of hair at some distance from the center part.

For a study of Noh masks, see Stephen E. Marvin, Heaven Has a Face, So Does Hell, 2 vols. (Warren, CT: Floating World Editions, 2010).

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