Description

Carved wooden Noh mask of the sea spirit "Shojo". The face is smiling. There are painted eyebrows and hair. The teeth are grey and the lips 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, nostrils, and mouth. The back is dark brown wood stamped with the maker’s mark. Part b is a fabric bag for part a, decorated with silk embroidery in various shades of pink, cream and light bluish-grey. It has a floral pattern and two horizontal stripes. The inside of the bag is white fabric, with written black ink Japanese characters. The white ties on the bag also have black Japanese characters written on them and a small red maker’s mark.