Finely Hand Carved Antique Wooden Japanese Mennetsuke Netsuke Mask Okame Noh

Finely Hand Carved Antique Wooden Japanese Mennetsuke Netsuke Mask Okame Noh
Finely Hand Carved Antique Wooden Japanese Mennetsuke Netsuke Mask Okame Noh
Finely Hand Carved Antique Wooden Japanese Mennetsuke Netsuke Mask Okame Noh
Finely Hand Carved Antique Wooden Japanese Mennetsuke Netsuke Mask Okame Noh

Finely Hand Carved Antique Wooden Japanese Mennetsuke Netsuke Mask Okame Noh
PLEASE CHECK OUT MY OTHER LISTINGS! This is a stunning finely carved antique wooden Japanese Netsuke Mask of Okame. It appears to be carved out of Yew wood in the traditional Ichii-itto-bori method of only using chisels. It measures approx 1.25 x 1, and has a sliding piece in the back which hides a view of the lower half of a female form.

There is a small chip in the wood on the backside where it slides open but is in overall beautiful condition! Okame, also known as Uzume or Otafuku is the name for the female half of a traditional Japanese Kyogen theatre pair.

She is considered to be the Goddess of mirth and is frequently seen in Japanese art. Her full cheeks and merry eyes are an unforgettable sight and a delight to behold. Netsuke is both the singular and collective term given to the intricate miniature sculptures and wood carvings that became hugely popular in Japan, and later in Europe and North America, from the 17th century onwards. Mennetsuke or mask netsuke are another common design.

These are netsuke carved to resemble traditional characters familiar from Noh theatre, a form of classical masked dance-drama which became popular in Japan from the 14th century onwards. This item is in the category "Antiques\Asian Antiques\Japan\Netsuke". The seller is "xcellentdeals" and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Wallis and Futuna, Gambia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Poland, Oman, Suriname, United Arab Emirates, Kenya, Argentina, Guinea-Bissau, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Bhutan, Senegal, Togo, Ireland, Qatar, Burundi, Netherlands, Iraq, Slovakia, Slovenia, Equatorial Guinea, Thailand, Aruba, Sweden, Iceland, Macedonia, Belgium, Israel, Kuwait, Liechtenstein, Benin, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Italy, Swaziland, Tanzania, Pakistan, Burkina Faso, Panama, Singapore, Kyrgyzstan, Switzerland, Djibouti, Chile, China, Mali, Botswana, Republic of Croatia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Portugal, Malta, Tajikistan, Vietnam, Cayman Islands, Paraguay, Saint Helena, Cyprus, Seychelles, Rwanda, Bangladesh, Australia, Austria, Sri Lanka, Gabon Republic, Zimbabwe, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Norway, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Kiribati, Turkmenistan, Grenada, Greece, Haiti, Greenland, Yemen, Afghanistan, Montenegro, Mongolia, Nepal, Bahamas, Bahrain, United Kingdom, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Angola, Western Samoa, France, Mozambique, Namibia, Peru, Denmark, Guatemala, Solomon Islands, Vatican City State, Sierra Leone, Nauru, Anguilla, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Cameroon, Guyana, Azerbaijan Republic, Macau, Georgia, Tonga, San Marino, Eritrea, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Morocco, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Mauritania, Belize, Philippines, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Colombia, Spain, Estonia, Bermuda, Montserrat, Zambia, South Korea, Vanuatu, Ecuador, Albania, Ethiopia, Monaco, Niger, Laos, Ghana, Cape Verde Islands, Moldova, Madagascar, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Lebanon, Liberia, Bolivia, Maldives, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Central African Republic, Lesotho, Nigeria, Mauritius, Saint Lucia, Jordan, Guinea, Canada, Turks and Caicos Islands, Chad, Andorra, Romania, Costa Rica, India, Mexico, Serbia, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Lithuania, Trinidad and Tobago, Malawi, Nicaragua, Finland, Tunisia, Luxembourg, Uganda, Brazil, Turkey, Germany, Egypt, Latvia, Jamaica, South Africa, Brunei Darussalam, Honduras.


Finely Hand Carved Antique Wooden Japanese Mennetsuke Netsuke Mask Okame Noh


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