National TreasureCarved wood Gigaku mask of Taikofu (old Persian man)

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  • Cinnamomum camphora, colored
  • 29.8x22.3
  • Asuka period/7th century
  • Tokyo National Museum
  • N-216

This mask represents a lonely old man and is paired with Daikoji mentioned later. It is painted in flesh color and its lips are red. It has double eyelids drawn in black ink. There are small holes above its eyes, under its nose and on its chin, where eyebrows, a moustache and a long beard were probably implanted.

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