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Collections

Ueno Gyokusui
Hyottoko Comic Maskfirst quarter 20th century

Not on view
Small carved netsuke in the form of an exaggerated human head, amber-toned polished wood above, darker textured wood below, with drilled eyes and nostrils
Close-up view of a dried lotus seedpod, dark brown with a deeply textured, wrinkled surface, showing several hollow seed cavities; characters in Japanese or Chinese script inscribed near center top.
Close-up of a dark brown ceramic or lacquered surface with a raised rectangular cartouche in light tan clay, bearing an incised Chinese or Japanese character seal mark.
Artist or Maker
Ueno Gyokusui
Japan, 1910s-1930s
Title
Hyottoko Comic Mask
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
first quarter 20th century
Medium
Nut
Dimensions
Height: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Albert G. Wassenich
Accession Number
35.9.344
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Drosse, Christine. "Netsuke Basics from A to Z: N." International Netsuke Society Journal 30, no.3 (2010): 28, 32-39.