Description

Carved wooden Noh mask of “Shakumi”. Painted with black hair and faint eyebrows. The skin is beige-white, the teeth are black, the lips are red. There is a dark purple cord on the back of the mask attached through small holes at the temples. There are holes carved in the eyes, mouth, and nostrils. The back of the mask is dark brown wood stamped with the maker’s mark. Part b is a dark brown fabric bag for part a, decorated with a pattern of birds and flowers in blue, brown and gold. The inside is white fabric, written on with black ink Japanese characters. The bag has white ties, and there is a strip of flexible paper tied to one, which is inscribed with Japanese characters.