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A WOOD NO MASK
meiji period (late 19th century)
Carved to represent the character Yaseonna, the ghost of a woman who has died of love, the lips painted red and the teeth black, the strands of hair also black, inscribed on the reverse in gold lacquer with the emblem of the Aoi chapter of The Tale of Genji, and kai Yaseonna--8in. (20.3cm.) long
meiji period (late 19th century)
Carved to represent the character Yaseonna, the ghost of a woman who has died of love, the lips painted red and the teeth black, the strands of hair also black, inscribed on the reverse in gold lacquer with the emblem of the Aoi chapter of The Tale of Genji, and kai Yaseonna--8in. (20.3cm.) long