Double Sided Boxwood Mask Netsuke of Oni and Okame

Double Sided Boxwood Mask Netsuke of Oni and Okame

With Okame carved on the reverse, an allusion to the new year cleansing ritual oni-yarai setsubun
Unsigned. Early 19th century
4.5 cm high

Provenance: Peter E. Müller, Küsnacht

Max Rutherston, “Japanese Masks, Peter E. Müller”, privately printed, 2017, no. 137

MR2378

£400