{"id":2544,"date":"2015-05-12T14:48:35","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T14:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=2544"},"modified":"2015-11-08T20:27:11","modified_gmt":"2015-11-08T20:27:11","slug":"japanese-noh-demon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/japanese-noh-demon\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Noh demon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Q:<\/strong>\u00a0 A friend of mine found and purchased this mask at a yard sale but asked if i wanted it rather than her trying to donate it to a second hand store where it would likely have been discarded for being too “evil” for the local central NY population\u00a0 Is it Japanese or something else? It appears to be wood with a thin veneer of plaster, one eye is intact but the second was damaged before my friend purchased it. \u00a0I have no idea how old it really is. There are worn leather straps inside for wearing it, and only one mark that appears to be a stamp on the inside. \u00a0Can you tell me anything about it’s history and where it’s from?\u00a0\u00a0 Damon, 776<\/p>\n

A:<\/strong> My books don’t show this particular Noh character. I looked at more than 70 different demons and monsters, including the popular Hannya. More research would reveal the character’s name and the particular Noh play. The fact that it is well carved wood with a fine glass eye and a used leather bite bar may indicate it was professionally made and used. Unfortunately it is in bad condition. I would suggest you hang on to it until more can be learned. It could have some value despite its condition. Though the Japanese don’t like damaged artifacts, American and European collectors often do. Or you could have it restored.\u00a0 A<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Q:\u00a0 A friend of mine found and purchased this mask at a yard sale but asked if i wanted it rather than her trying to donate it to a second hand store where it would likely have been discarded for being too “evil” for the local central NY population\u00a0 Is it Japanese or something else? It appears to be wood with a thin veneer of plaster, one eye is intact but the second was damaged before my friend purchased it. \u00a0I have no idea how old it really is. There are worn leather straps inside for wearing it, and only one mark that appears to be a stamp on the inside. \u00a0Can you tell me anything about it’s history and where it’s from?\u00a0\u00a0 Damon, 776 A: My books don’t show this particular Noh character.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2544"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3382,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2544\/revisions\/3382"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}