Location:
Mezzanin: 1873 – Japan comes to Europe
Mezzanin: 1873 – Japan comes to Europe
Location:
Mezzanin: 1873 – Japan comes to Europe
Mezzanin: 1873 – Japan comes to Europe
Gigaku mask (copy)
gigaku men (fukuhon) 伎楽面 (複本)
Standort
The guardians archetypes Konron and Kongo, understood until today as gigaku masks, are copies of these masks for dances, which originally dated to the 9th and 10th centuries. In the early 19th century they were duplicated with the aid of templates.
Object data
Inv. No.
110876
Collection
Object Name
Gigaku mask (copy)
Collection
Franz Ferdinand von Österreich-Este (1863 Graz - 1914 Sarajevo) - GND
Dated
19th century
Period
End of the Edo Period (1600-1868)
Geography
Material
Wood, dry lacquer, pigments
