Description
Carved wooden mask from the Noh theatre. Showa era. Signed Naohiro Kaneko dated 1957 with box. Japanese signed Noh Mask depicting Yoroboshi (Blind Monk).
Noh masks have long been an integral part of Japan’s religious rituals, festivals and theatre. They represent historical figures and spirits referred to as kami, which have their origins in Japan’s indigenous beliefs. Traditionally, the mask symbolised ‘possession’, transforming the wearer into the kami or its human incarnation.
1:1 scale (20 x 15 cm aprox.)
