No-mask "ko-omote" · Japan · ID: 3032168
sold
EUR 3,300
Provenance
Emil Maetzel, Hamburg, GermanySize
H: 21 cm
H: 8.3 inch
Description
wood, white, black and red paint, beautiful modelled regular facial features, slightly dam., darkened paint, on base;
image of a beautiful young maiden. Used in No dramas like “kocho” or “funa-benkei”. Although the facial expression is fixed, a good actor is able to create different emotions just by slightly moving the head and thus causing different light incidences.
Comparing literature
Fahr-Becker, Gabriele (Hg.), Ostasiatische Kunst, Bd. 2, Köln 1998, p. 291