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Kyōgen mask Kentoku

Unknown18th century

Fukuoka City Museum

Fukuoka City Museum
福岡市早良区百道浜3-1-1, Japan

Kentoku has a very humorous face: his eyes are looking at something far away, the wings of the nose are puffed, and his upper teeth are bared. Though he has hair, a mustache and beard, the mask is not used for a role of a human being but for an animal with magical powers or the spirit of a plant.

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