Noh Mask

MOA: University of British Columbia

3139/6 a-b

Carved wooden Noh mask of “Shakumi”. Painted with black hair and faint eyebrows. The skin is beige-white, the teeth are black, the lips are red. There is a dark purple cord on the back of the mask attached through small holes at the temples. There are holes carved in the eyes, mouth, and nostrils. The back of the mask is dark brown wood stamped with the maker’s mark. Part b is a dark brown fabric bag for part a, decorated with a pattern of birds and flowers in blue, brown and gold. The inside is white fabric, written on with black ink Japanese characters. The bag has white ties, and there is a strip of flexible paper tied to one, which is inscribed with Japanese characters.


  • Type of Item mask
  • Culture Japanese
  • Material wood, paint, silk fibre, paper
  • Measurements height 6.9 cm, width 13.8 cm, depth 22.0 cm (part a) height 3.5 cm, width 19.0 cm, depth 24.0 cm (part b)

  • Previous Owner U.B.C. Centre for Japanese Research
  • Received from U.B.C. Centre for Japanese Research

  • Made in Japan

  • Ownership Date before October 1, 2015
  • Acquisition Date on October 1, 2015

  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3139/0006 a-b