Native Name | Fujin |
Object Number | 19867 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Japanese |
Provenience | Japan |
Period | Edo Period (uncertain) | Meiji Period (uncertain) |
Date Made | 18th Century - 1897 |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Wood | Lacquer |
Technique | Lacquered |
Iconography | Fujin |
Description | Mask. Fujin (風神). Green lacquer, bulby forehead, tusks at corners of wide, compressed, turned-down mouth. Hair drawn in in thin, black, curvy lines. Used in bugaku dance. There is a kakihan/kao (書き判/花押) signature on the back of the mask. |
Credit Line | Purchased from G. T. Marsh and Co; subscription of Mrs. Phebe A. Hearst, 1897 |
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