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Tsuka with Masks
(Japanese Military Armor)
Three masks, probably for use in comic plays ("kyôgen"), are shown on this tsuka. The kashira is a long-nosed "tengu" demon mask. The menuki are masks for sake-loving "shôjô". Behind each mask is a sake ladle. This is part of a mounted set.
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Provenance
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William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L: 4 11/16 in. (11.9 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
51.1187.3B
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