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Tengu mask in a bundle

Tomomasa1800/1830

Bristol Museums

Bristol Museums
United Kingdom

A mask depicting a long-nosed konoha (leafy) tengu lies half- bundled in cloth.
A tengu mask like this one appears in the noh play The Tengu of Kurama. The Great Tengu of Mount Kurama, disguised as a priest, teaches martial arts to the young hero Ushiwakamaru (1159-1189).
Ushiwakamaru was the younger half-brother of Japan’s first Shōgun (military dictator), Minamoto no Yoritomo (1192-1199).

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  • Title: Tengu mask in a bundle
  • Creator: Tomomasa
  • Date Created: 1800/1830
  • Physical Dimensions: l 3.8 cm (across base)
  • Type: Netsuke
  • Rights: ©Bristol Museums, Galleries and Archives
  • Medium: Mammoth ivory
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