No-mask "ko-omote"

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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.

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Comparing literature

Fahr-Becker, Gabriele (Hg.), Ostasiatische Kunst, Bd. 2, Köln 1998, p. 291

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