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Noh mask Kurohige(Black beard)

Unknown16th century

Fukuoka City Museum

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

This mask symbolizes a dragon god. It looks like Tsuri-manako, but the lower part of this face is turned up because the chin is protruded. Its dark complexion and glaringly glittering golden eyes are just fitting for a dragon god inhabiting at the water bottom.

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