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A menpo (mask)
By Kunichika, late Muromachi Period, early 16th century
The iron mask lacquered red over black and rubbed through to give an unusual mottled effect, the nose detachable with a black hair moustache and a brief beard beneath the chin, the ears pierced with a mon (family crest) design, the interior lacquered red with the signature Kunichika exposed, a five-lame black-lacquered iron yodarekake laced in green yosekake sugake odoshi.
FOOTNOTES
漆塗面頬 銘「国近」 室町時代後期（16世紀前期）
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