{"id":4701,"date":"2016-12-08T23:17:11","date_gmt":"2016-12-08T23:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=4701"},"modified":"2016-12-08T23:17:11","modified_gmt":"2016-12-08T23:17:11","slug":"japanese-iki-ningyo-mask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/japanese-iki-ningyo-mask\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Iki-Ningyo mask"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"aaaMystrySolvd-1062\"<\/a>Q:\u00a0<\/strong> I first came upon these while researching Noh masks in museums in Europe. I later discovered other examples mostly in association with Asian antique dealers and auction houses. They are frequently identified as “iki-ningyo” masks but are also identified incorrectly as noh or gigaku masks.<\/p>\n

I have tried to find these same sort of objects in Japan, through Japanese-language google searches and websites. No luck. The closest association (though still quite dissimilar) are iki-ningyo heads. No masks. There is a reference in Alan Scott Pate’s Japanese Dolls: The Fascinating World of Ningyo<\/em>, but I can find no mention of masks.<\/p>\n

My guess is that these types of works were produced mainly for foreign visitors (export) by Kansai-based doll makers during the Meiji and Taisho periods. They are simplified and\/or miniaturized representations of iki-ningyo heads intended as souvenirs. It is 10 x 12 inches in size. 1062<\/p>\n

A:<\/strong>\u00a0 Iki Ningyo (living doll), defined by their expressive and realistic features, were a phenomenon in Japan during the late Edo to\u00a0 Meiji periods, representing a novel approach to a centuries old tradition of doll and mask making. This one is a mask. The doll heads are much smaller. The larger masks are usually detailed with glass eyes, human hair, and a burnished gofun lacquer finish. I don’t think the large masks are ever worn, but they are very popular with collectors both in Japan and around the world.\u00a0 A<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Q:\u00a0 I first came upon these while researching Noh masks in museums in Europe. I later discovered other examples mostly in association with Asian antique dealers and auction houses. They are frequently identified as “iki-ningyo” masks but are also identified incorrectly as noh or gigaku masks. I have tried to find these same sort of objects in Japan, through Japanese-language google searches and websites. No luck. The closest association (though still quite dissimilar) are iki-ningyo heads. No masks. There is a reference in Alan Scott Pate’s Japanese Dolls: The Fascinating World of Ningyo, but I can find no mention of masks. My guess is that these types of works were produced mainly for foreign visitors (export) by Kansai-based doll makers during the Meiji and Taisho periods. They are simplified and\/or miniaturized representations of iki-ningyo heads intended as souvenirs. It is 10 x 12 inches in size. 1062 A:\u00a0 Iki Ningyo (living doll), defined by their expressive and realistic features, were a phenomenon in Japan during the late Edo to\u00a0 Meiji periods, representing a novel approach to a centuries old tradition of doll and mask making. This one is a mask. The doll heads are much smaller. The larger masks are usually detailed with glass eyes, human hair, and a burnished gofun lacquer finish. I don’t think the large masks are ever worn, but they are very popular with collectors both in Japan and around the world.\u00a0 A<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4701","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\/4701","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=4701"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4703,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4701\/revisions\/4703"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}