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Noh mask Shakumi

Unknown17th century

Fukuoka City Museum

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

This is a mask of a middle-aged woman. The area around the mouth is loose and the cheeks are sunken. It is used for the role of a mother looking for her lost child or a wife in sorrow thinking of her lost husband. The face reveals not only her old age but also the distress she has suffered.

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