EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY), BURNED SEAL DEME TOUN [YASUKATA, ONO DEME IX (B. 1748)]

Kojo represents an old man who later becomes a god, principally in the play Takasago.

For another example of a Kojo mask, see Christie's New York, 29 September, 2004, lot 310. For another example by the same carver, see lot 342 in this sale.