Live Auction 13127Art of Japan
An Iron Somen [Full-Face Mask]
Lot 128 The Dolphyn Collection of Samurai Art

An Iron Somen [Full-Face Mask]

Signed Ryu (Fukutake Ichiro), Showa period (early 20th century)

Closed8 December 2016

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An Iron Somen [Full-Face Mask]
Signed Ryu (Fukutake Ichiro), Showa period (early 20th century)
The russet iron somen hammered from iron sheet, the nose and upper lip portion made separately and riveted to the face, the yodarekake [bib] hanging from a stencilled leather piece and composed of two tiers of lacquered iron kozane [scales]

Specialist note

The maker Fukutake Ichiro worked in Okayama province, achieving some fame with his artistic renderings of traditional armour masks.