Ittobori 'Tale of Shuzenji'

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NAME: Japanese Ittobori style wood carving of "Tale of Shuzenji"

SIZE: The doll sits at 2-1/2" tall, the stand is 2 x 2-5/8"

CONDITION: Good

NOTES: Tale of Shuzenji is a play by Kido Okamota, written in 1909. In short, master mask carver Yashao is asked to make a mask for deposed Shogun Minamoto Yoriie. Yashao is dissatisfied with the mask as it lacks "life". Yorii arrives to take the mask and Yashao's daughter, Katsuri. Later, a party of assassins raid Yoriie's household. Katsuri tries to shield Yoriie by wearing the mask but Yoriie is killed and Katsuri, mortally wounded, is once again at her father's house, with Yashao realizing the the mask accurately expressed Yoriie's destiny.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 13 December, 2009.