Ko-omote Mask for a Noh Drama 18th century Japan Ko-omote (literally, "little mask") conveys the beauty of a girl not yet twenty. A skilled actor can imbue an impassive expression with subtle emotion according to his movements; this is the prototype for more than twenty other masks for female roles, each varying subtly from the innocence of this mask to convey sensuous, passionate, demented, or supernatural Ko-omote Mask for a Noh Drama. Japan. 18th century. Painted cypress wood. Edo period (1615–1868). Masks

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