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Okame Happy Man Okimono Antique Japanese Okimono Netsuke
Happy Man
Carrying Okame Mask

Netsuke Signature: Gyokuho, circa: early 1900S'

Recorded Artist in Netsuke, A Comprehensive Study Based on
the M.T. Hindson Collection by Neil K. Davey #399
H 2 in.(5cm.), W 2 in.(5cm.), D 1.75in.(4,5cm.)

Condition: very good!

Perhaps originally designed as an okimono. This large and heavy Sumo netsuke is suitable only for a very large man. Carved from a fine and close-grained mass, with creamy color and golden patina of age. A figure prepares to lift a massive Kyogen theatre mask secured by a sling around his shoulders. Well carved with realism and attention to detail, with fine engraving for the hair lines and the patterns of the clothing, the mask representing Okame, also called Otafuku, the Goddess of Mirth, who lures the sun god out of a cave by performing an erotic dance, thus restoring light to the world.

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