Mask netsuke: Hyottoko

Permanent Link:

http://dpanther.fiu.edu/dpService/dpPurlService/purl/FI11090940/00001

Material Information

Title:

Mask netsuke: Hyottoko

Publication Date:

1801/1840

Physical Description:

sculpture -- medium: boxwood -- height: 3/4 -- width: 1 1/2 -- depth: 2 1/4

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:

Netsukes
Small sculpture -- Japan
Wearable art -- Japan

Notes

General Note:

Mask netsuke is the largest category after katabori netsuke. These were often imitations of full-size noh masks. Hyottoko seems to have been a legendary character in the past and is now a mask. Some masks have different eye size between left and right eyes.

Ownership:

The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, Florida International University

Record Information

Source Institution:

Florida International University

Holding Location:

The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum

Rights Management:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Resource Identifier:

FI11090940
MET 78.10.8 ( accession number )

dpSobek Membership

Aggregations:

The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum
Netsuke