Vintage Japanese Bugaku Mask - Kempai side cabinets red and green stripe

red and green stripe

Taisho period

pinkish-beige glaze with a fine network of natural crackles throughout

It has worn and patched over time to create a beautiful boro piece

Vintage Japanese Bugaku Mask - Kempai side cabinets red and green stripeA Japanese Bugaku dancing mask. c. 1960 Kempai Mask Bugaku is Japanese Imperial Court dance, particularly its masked dances performed with serene, slow movements and elaborate costumes, often paired, representing ancient Chinese and Korean influences, aiming to appease deities, purify spirits, and pray for peace, a tradition still maintained at shrines and the Imperial Household.