Face mask "menpo" and throat guard "yodare kake", Edo period ·  Japan · ID: 3039601

Description

covering just the lower half of the face, iron, made from one piece apart from the two rows of teeth, brown lacquer on the outside, red lacquer inside, even the contour of the mouth accentuated in red, moustache; “yodare kake” consisting of three iron lamellas held together by blue textile laces, which serve for attachment of the “menpo” in front of the face as well, slightly dam., lacquer coating with minor missing parts and fine cracks, traces of old age (laces)

Comparing literature

Noever, P. (Hg.), Das alte Japan, München, New York 1997, p. 147