Two masks and one mask group

Description:

Japan, the Okame mask sign. Shuzan, 19th cent.
B. 4,2; H. 4,3 und
Mask group formed from seven masks of the Gods of Luck; Okama mask made of brown wood with a beautiful patina and Hannya mask made of medium brown wood.
From an old private collection Rhineland, collected before 1985, coll. no. 70 (mask group with annotation Gross Wiesbaden,1/(19)75), 61 (Hannya mask with annotation Gross Wiesbaden 5(19)75; 55 (Okame mask with annotation marked Shuzan 1781 - Pupil of Shôgetsu) - Traces of wear in parts