Samurai full-faced mask "taisho somen", Edo period (1603-1868) · Japan · ID: 3048790
sold
EUR 2,200
Provenance
Werner Zintl, Worms, Germany (2013)Size
H: 21 cm
H: 8.3 inch
Description
iron, base
This mask consists of two large plates. If the upper one was removed, the lower one could be worn as a half mask (“menpõ”). Nose guard and ear covers, as well as both rows of teeth are made of separate plates.
A hole under the chin (“asenagashi no ana”) served to allow sweat to drain off.
Comparing literature
Barbier-Mueller, J. Gabriel & Roger Diederen (ed.), Samurai, Pracht des japanischen Rittertums, München 2019, p. 218, ill. 52