Terms and conditions of use
Noh mask, Shakumi
(Nōmen Shakumi 能面 曲見)
(17th century)
- Medium
- pigments, ground shell and animal glue on Cypress (Hinoki)
- Measurements
- 21.1 × 14.2 × 7.1 cm
- Place/s of Execution
- Japan
- Inscription
- painted in red lacquer on reverse u.r.: 出目 / 満長
painted in gold lacquer on reverse u.c.: (Deme Mitsunaga's seal) - Accession Number
- 2011.350
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Allan Myers AO and Maria Myers AO, 2011
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Gordon Darling Foundation - Gallery location
- Special Exhibitions Gallery
Ground Level, NGV International - About this work
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Onna-men (female human masks) are the most well known and popular of Noh masks. Shakumi is a middle-aged woman; her youthful looks are a distant memory. The loose strands of hair give her the careworn look of one who has suffered and survived countless trials and tribulations, and it is for this reason Shakumi often appears in the role of a mother. The mask’s overall expression is one of graceful strength that denotes acceptance of one’s fate.
