A mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 17th century

A mempo [face mask]

Edo period, 17^th century

the red lacquered iron resseimempo [face mask with fierce expression] forged with deep wrinkles, flared nostrils and open mouth, detachable nose plate, yadome [standing flanges] to the cheeks, four-tiered yodaregake [throat protector] with kebiki odoshi [close-spaced lacing] in dark blue braid

15 cm., 5⅞ in. wide