{"id":8704,"date":"2020-01-24T02:23:51","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T02:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=8704"},"modified":"2020-01-24T02:23:51","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T02:23:51","slug":"recent-bugaku-mask-from-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/recent-bugaku-mask-from-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent Bugaku mask from Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kokuyo-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kokuyo-2-231x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kokuyo-2-231x300.png 231w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kokuyo-2-600x781.png 600w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kokuyo-2.png 737w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a>Q:\u00a0 I\u2019ve got a new mystery mask for you.\u00a0 I was in Japan all December, filming ceremonies and collecting masks for the Museum, and I came across this one in an antique store in Kyoto, which I absolutely do not recognize.\u00a0 This is not a tourist item, but I don\u2019t recognize the type.\u00a0 The back gives the date (1985) and what appears to be someone\u2019s name, or possibly the name of a workshop, but the kanji is unclear.\u00a0 Do any of your visitors have expertise in Japanese folk traditions?\u00a0  Aaron,1655<\/p>\n<p>A:  My guess is Bugaku. These kind of masks can go back 800 years. I&#8217;ve heard a few of them are still being made for sale at temples&#8230; and sometimes danced. But as time has passed, these carved wood masks have become lower in artistry and quality. <\/p>\n<p>You sent me a painted black Bugaku mask that I published on May 11, 2016, numbered 968. You might want to check it out. I am still not an expert in Japanese tradition masquerade. Maybe some of our viewers will give us a little help.<a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kokuyo-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kokuyo-2-237x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"237\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kokuyo-2-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kokuyo-2-600x759.jpg 600w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kokuyo-2.jpg 766w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q:\u00a0 I\u2019ve got a new mystery mask for you.\u00a0 I was in Japan all December, filming ceremonies and collecting masks for the Museum, and I came across this one in an antique store in Kyoto, which I absolutely do not recognize.\u00a0 This is not a tourist item, but I don\u2019t recognize the type.\u00a0 The back gives the date (1985) and what appears to be someone\u2019s name, or possibly the name of a workshop, but the kanji is unclear.\u00a0 Do any of your visitors have expertise in Japanese folk traditions?\u00a0 Aaron,1655 A: My guess is Bugaku. These kind of masks can go back 800 years. I&#8217;ve heard a few of them are still being made for sale at temples&#8230; and sometimes danced. But as time has passed, these carved wood masks have become lower in artistry and quality. You sent me a painted black Bugaku mask that I published on May 11, 2016, numbered 968. You might want to check it out. I am still not an expert in Japanese tradition masquerade. Maybe some of our viewers will give us a little help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8704","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\/8704","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=8704"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8707,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8704\/revisions\/8707"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}