Item Information

Dublin Core

Title

Kyogen mask of a demon (Buaku)

Description

Red mask of grinning demon with large, bulbous nose and broad, leering mouth. Down-turned eyes set deep in skull

Source

Dramatic Museum Realia

Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University

Identifier

DM number: M1.34

Box: 92

Coverage

Japan

Additional Item Metadata

Provenance

purchase, Orientalia, NY, 1936

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Masks (costume)

wood

Physical Dimensions

7.625"x6"

Citation

“Kyogen mask of a demon (Buaku),” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed December 19, 2025, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/items/show/2499.