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A MASK NETSUKE OF HYOTTOKO
奥地利 北京时间
12月06日 下午5点 开拍 / 12月04日 下午3点 截止委托
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A MASK NETSUKE OF HYOTTOKO

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Japan, Edo (Tokyo), early 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)

Amusingly carved with the mask of Usofuki, portraying a humorous expression, with lips puckered and skewed to the side, large eyes with pierced pupils, and a bulky bump on his forehead. Central himotoshi through the bar to the verso.

HEIGHT 4.4 cm

Condition: Very good condition with minor expected surface wear.
Provenance: From a private collection in Buckinghamshire, England.

Usofuki (or Usobuki) is a Kyogen mask type which is not well standardized, but easily identifiable by the pursed or puckered lips, lending the mask (and the actor wearing it) a highly comical expression. The noun usobuki or usofuki is a gerund of the verb usobuku, which has many meanings: exhale sharply, whistle, hum, intone, howl or bay, pretend ignorance, and brag. A highly regarded ethnographer and linguist, the late Shinobu Orikuchi assigned a much earlier meaning to usobuku: taunt, oppose, and rebel. He specifically interpreted the pursed lips of old indigenous masks as signifying imminent speech, as the expression of seirei determined to speak out in defiance but constrained by the consequences of thereby acknowledging the authority of the kami.

Auction comparison:
Compare a closely related wood mask netsuke of Usofuki, by Deme Uman, at Zacke, Fine Netsuke & Sagemono, 22 April 2022, Vienna, lot 285 (sold for EUR 2,528).

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