EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY), SIGNED IN RED LACQUER KADEN NO UTSUSHI, KITA ROPPEITA NOSEI (1814-1869), 12TH HEAD OF THE KITA SCHOOL

This mask represents the dragon god, the prominent chin meant to suggest the beast's long jaws.
Nosei, whose name is inscribed on the interior of this mask, was a Kita-school actor who worked in the late Edo period.