Bared Teeth and Neck Guard Menpo Face Mask

Japan

Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century

  • Titles Bared Teeth and Neck Guard Menpo Face Mask (Descriptive)@Mask (Menpo) (Former title)
  • Artist Japan
  • Medium iron and leather
  • Dimensions 9 × 8 × 6 1/4 in. (22.9 × 20.3 × 15.9 cm)
  • Credit Line Museum purchase in memory of William M. Spencer III (1920-2010), 2016.20
  • Work Type mask
  • Classification Costume
  • On View

See More of the Collection

A small apple green jade plaque in the shape of a butterfly.
apsaras, Silla bell Like those designated National Treasure 29, Sacred Bell of Great King Seongdeok from Gyeongju-si, Unified Silla Period
Bowl with rolled rim, with bluish glaze in well and gray clay
Benten Dori, Yokohama (.24, recto); Wharf, Yokohama (.25, verso), Attributed to Kusakabe Kimbei, hand-colored albumen prints mounted to album page