Dramatic Museum Realia

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Dramatic Museum Realia: Masks: Japan: Gallery 3

Item Information

Kyogen mask of a demon (Buaku)

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Title

Kyogen mask of a demon (Buaku)

Description

Red mask of grinning demon with large, bulbous nose and broad, leering mouth. Down-turned eyes set deep in skull

Source

Dramatic Museum Realia
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University

Identifier

DM number: M1.34
Box: 92

Coverage

Japan

Additional Item Metadata

Provenance

purchase, Orientalia, NY, 1936

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Masks (costume)
wood

Physical Dimensions

7.625"x6"

Citation

“Kyogen mask of a demon (Buaku),” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed May 5, 2024, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/realia/item/2499.

Rare Book & Manuscript Library / Butler Library, 6th Fl. East / 535 West 114th St. / New York, NY 10027 / (212) 854-5153 / rbml@libraries.cul.columia.edu

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