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Noh mask Asakura-jo (old man)

Unknown16th century

Fukuoka City Museum

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

Asakusa-jo is characterized by its implanted-hair mustache and beard as well as by its open mouth. Since it looks rather openhearted among the Jo masks, it is often used for the role of a warrior’s ghost incarnated as a fisherman or a woodcutter.

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