"Nô" theatre mask "ko jishi" (lion mask) · Japan · ID: 3045062
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Size
H: 20,5 cm
H: 8.1 inch
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.
Comparing literature
Perzynski, Friedrich, Japanische Masken, Zweiter Band, Berlin, Leipzig 1925, p. 176, ill. b)