Mask
Created by craftsman Ha Ko Tani, this face mask depicts the character of a male lion called Sasano. Ka’gura is a ritual dance that has its roots in Japanese Shinto folklore, and which predates Noh theatre.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 30/1973/1
- Category
- Ethnography
- Collection Class
- Clothing and accessories
- Collection Area Region
- E
- Material
- woodpigment
- Common Name
- mask
- Simple Name
- mask
- Period Classification
- Meiji period (1868 - 1912)
- Production Town
- Yokohama?
- Production Country
- Japan
- Production Year High
- 1868
