Vintage Japanese Bugaku Mask - Kitoku Mask Cotton Colour & Design: Beautiful drape

Colour & Design: Beautiful drape

It features dark hairstyle and vibrant red kimono adorned with floral motifs

Handcrafted from solid elm

usually white with a printed geometric or floral pattern

Vintage Japanese Bugaku Mask - Kitoku Mask Cotton Colour & Design: Beautiful drapeA Japanese Bugaku dancing mask. c. 1960. Kitoku Mask () Bugaku is Japanese Imperial Court dance, particularly its masked dances performed with serene, slow movements and elaborate costumes, often paired, representing ancient Chinese and Korean influences, aiming to appease deities, purify spirits, and pray for peace, a tradition still maintained at shrines and the Imperial Household.