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Noh mask Waka (young)-onna (woman)

Unknown18th century

Fukuoka City Museum

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

Zo-onna is a severe-faced mask of a young woman with the corners of her mouth falling. The mask is used not for a human woman but for a heavenly woman. This mask looks slightly too smart for a Waka-onna, but too gentle for a Zo-onna. However, it is tentatively called Waka-onna.

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