"Nô" theatre mask "ko jishi" (lion mask)

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Description

wood, gypsum, colour pigments, engraved signature on the backside

The lion mask (“shishi” - type) was adopted by the “Nô” theater from old religious dances and the facial features according to their differentiated use over time heavily humanized.

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Comparing literature

Perzynski, Friedrich, Japanische Masken, Zweiter Band, Berlin, Leipzig 1925, p. 176, ill. b)

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