Ko-omote Mask for a Noh Drama, Edo period (1615–1868), 18th century, Japan, Painted cypress wood, W. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm); L. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm), Masks, Ko-omote (literally, 'little mask') conveys the beauty of a girl not yet twenty. A skilled actor can imbue an impassive expression with subtle emotion according to his movements; this is the prototype for more than twenty other masks for female roles, each varying subtly from the innocence of this mask to convey sensuous, passionate, demented, or supernatural characteristics
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