Fushikizio Noh mask

Máscara Noh fushikizo

Paulownia wood, pigments Edo period, 18th c. Inv. CA-CFC.856

Noh and its masks

As a masked drama, Noh theatre combines mime, poetic chanting and music. The wooden masks, slightly smaller than the actor’s face, were carved from cypress or paulóvnia, and exteriors coated with paint over gesso.