Designation | National Important Cultural properties |
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Classification | Sculpture |
Designated Date | June 21, 1962 |
Designated Date in detail | |
Amount | 1 |
Address | Aza-Koromonoseki,Hiraizumi |
Holder | Chuson-ji |
Retainer | |
Administrator | |
HomePage | Hiraizumi's Cultural Heritage |
Summary
The inscription is dated March, 1291. (some other information is illegible).
It said to be the commemoration of pilgrimage for the Hakusan-Gongen shrine.
This Noh-mask is one of the old traditional ones peculiar to Chuson-ji, and the oldest existing mask with inscription.
It used Japanese Judas tree timber, and the curving technique is rather rough and unsophisticated. The slant-eyed laughing face expresses a flood of life, and it is indeed a precious example of old masks peculiar to the beginning era of Noh-mask.
It said to be converted to Nyo-men (female mask), and it has the inscription of “Jaku-nyo (young woman)”