Private collection, Belgium
A wood Noh mask of Kasshiki (young temple acolyte) by Deme Mitsuteru (act. 1501-55).
Japan 16th century Muromachi period.
Deme Mitsuteru was the founder of the House of Echizen Deme, a family who continuously produced Noh masks from the late Muromachi period through to the end of Edo period.
Kasshiki primarily portrays young temple acolytes.Kasshiki were temple attendants in Zen Buddhist temples.
In the Noh performance, the mask of Kasshiki is used to portray a lead character, an adolescent boy who is beautiful, witty and skilled in dance and entertainment, and is always associated with a Buddhist temple.
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