Native Name | Gen Jio Raka |
Object Number | 19870 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Japanese |
Provenience | Japan |
Period | Edo Period (uncertain) | Meiji Period (uncertain) |
Date Made | 18th Century - 1897 |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Lacquer | Wood (uncertain) | Gilt |
Technique | Lacquered | Gilt |
Iconography | Genjouraku |
Description | Mask of Genjouraku (還成楽). Originally catalogued as Gen jio raku nomen. Dark red lacquer, gilt eyeballs, tusks in upper jaw; he looks up and to his right. Huge. Used in bugaku dance. |
Credit Line | Purchased from G. T. Marsh and Co; subscription of Mrs. Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
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