A mempo [face mask] | Edo period, 18th century

Property from an American Collection

A mempo [face mask]

Edo period, 18^th century

the russet iron mempo forged in ryubu style with gentle expression and unwrinkled face, detachable nose plate, the mouth agape, the chin carved and chased with a single cherry blossom, red lacquer interior, four-tier yodaregake [throat protector] in sugake odoshi [spaced lacing] in light blue and yellow braid