Bugaku Mask "Ni-no-mai Haremen"｜Nara National Museum

Bugaku Mask "Ni-no-mai Haremen"

Wood with pigments
L 32.2
Heian to Kamakura period　
12th-13th century

D017629

D017629
1997/03/10

A024943
1997/03/10

A022725
1989/06/20

Ninomai is a comical dance performance playing after the dance of Ama. Two kinds of masks were applied; such as the old man mask with bright smile (Emimen) and the old woman mask with big distorted face sticking out her tongue (Haremen). The face was expressed humorously, however it remained serious impression.

Shigeki Iwata
Masterworks from the Nara Buddhist Sculpture Hall at the Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 2010, p.138, no.155.

Accession Number	1100-0
Category	Sculptures
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