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Subject: samurai warrior

Culture: Japanese

Setting:  Edo period, Japan 17th-19thc

Object: armor > somen mask

* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor

"Mask

Laquered iron

Inscribed by Myōchin Muneakira

(1673-1745)

Edo Period,

dated 1715"

* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor

"Mask

Lacquered iron

Inscribed by Myōchin Muneakira

Edo period,

18th century"

* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor

"Mask

Lacquered iron

Helmet and mask inscribed by Jo Michitaka

Edo Period,

dated 1745

The armorer's masterpiece, this mask by Muneakira was already famous when it was reproduced in a woodcut book illustration in 1763.  The mask represents Jikokuten, guardian of the East -- one of the Four Kings of Heaven.  The mask retains its original silk head covering sewn to the upper edges."

* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor

"Mask

Laquered iron, gold

Inscribed by Myōchin Munemitsu

Edo period,

18th century"

* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor

"Mask

Lacquered iron, partly gilt

Inscribed by Myōchin Munesuke

(1688-1735)

Edo period,

early 18th century"

* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor

"Mask

Lacquered iron

Inscribed by Myōchin Muneakira

(1673-1745)

Edo Period,

dated 1713"