Japanese Masks: Bugaku and Gyodo Masks
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Bugaku Mask: Saisoro, Nanbokucho period, 14th century
Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Room 14
June 4, 2013 (Tue) - August 25, 2013 (Sun)This exhibition displays Japanese masks from the Heian period (794 - 1192) to the Nanbokucho period (1333 - 1392).
Exhibit includes:
Bugaku Mask: Chikyu, Heian period, dated 1042 (Important Cultural Property, Lent by Tamukeyama Hachimangu, Nara)
Bugaku Mask: Ninomai (Hare-men), Heian period, dated 1178 (Important Cultural Property, Lent by Atsuta Jingu, Aichi)
Bugaku Mask: Korobase, Heian period, dated 1042 (Important Cultural Property, Lent by Tamukeyama Hachimangu, Nara)
Bugaku Mask: Warawamai, Kamakura period, dated 1211 (Important Cultural Property, Lent by Masumida Jinja, Aichi)
Gyodo Mask: Bosatsu, Kamakura period, 13th - 14th century (Important Cultural Property, Lent by Juzo Jinja, Ishikawa)
Tsuina Mask: Oni, Kamakura period, 14th century (Lent by Jikomyoin, Yamagata)