EDO PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
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A Lacquer Okimono
Edo Period (Late 19th Century)
Of a Noh actor in the role of Shojo, standing with a dragon on his back, its head resting on top of the red wig, holding a stand on which is what appears to be a kogo, the stand loose in his hands, his clothes carved out in kijimakie with hiramakie, takamakie, gold and aogai kirikane and gyobu, the wood ground visible in the spaces, the hair in red lacquer, the mask carved from coral and the feet and hands in ivory
Edo Period (Late 19th Century)
Of a Noh actor in the role of Shojo, standing with a dragon on his back, its head resting on top of the red wig, holding a stand on which is what appears to be a kogo, the stand loose in his hands, his clothes carved out in kijimakie with hiramakie, takamakie, gold and aogai kirikane and gyobu, the wood ground visible in the spaces, the hair in red lacquer, the mask carved from coral and the feet and hands in ivory