Description

Carved wooden Noh mask of “Hanakoba-akujo”. It has a painted white eyebrows and hair, and a moustache and beard made of real hair. The skin is painted taupe with a red mouth and gold teeth. It has large bulging eyes and bared gold teeth. The face and forehead are heavily creased. There is a dark purple cord on the back of the mask attached through small holes at each ear. There are holes carved in the eyes, mouth and nostrils. The back of the mask is dark red-brown wood stamped with the maker’s mark. Part b is a green fabric bag for part a. It is decorated with a pattern of birds and flowers made of brown and green silk. The inside of the bag is white fabric, written on with black ink Japanese characters. The bag closes with white cloth ties.