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ARTIST: Gyomyo

TITLE OF WORK: Mask "hare" of the dance "bugaku ninomai"

TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, wood, laquered and colored

DATE: 1173

DIMENSIONS: 29.8 cm height

COMMENTS: In the "bugaku", the dance "ninomai" follows the dance "ama" and is its parody. It is danced by two men, one bearing the joyous "emi-men" mask and the other bearing the sad "hare-men" mask.

LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Japan

DANCE FORM: bugaku, traditional