Wood, carved and painted with pigments. In the Meiji period the masks of the collections in the imperial treasure house Sh?s?in and from temples like H?ry?-ji were exhibited the first time to a wider audience. In this period faithful copies where produced, sometimes in miniature format, like these. Supplement: Original tomobako box from ceder wood.
Provenance: -Collection of Oskar Graf 1873-1958 and C?cilie Graf-Pfaff 1862-1939. -Rhenish private collection through inheritance.