Important Cultural PropertyCarved wood Gigaku mask of Suiko-jū (follower of Suiko-ō)

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  • Cinnamomum camphora, colored
  • 28.4x22.1
  • Asuka period/7th century
  • Tokyo National Museum
  • N-222

From the features, this mask may be a crying drunk. The characteristics, including the painting, are the same as the other Suiko-jû masks. There are holes set in a line near the lower end of the back of its head, in which a fragment of a bamboo nail remains.

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