A NOH MASK OF THE FUKAI TYPE Edo period (1615-1868), 17th/18th centuryProperty of various ownersA NOH MASK OF THE FUKAI TYPEEdo period (1615-1868), 17th/18th centuryThe cypress-wood mask painted to represent a careworn middle-aged woman, the features deep-cut with furrows to the sides of the mouth, indistinctly signed in red pigment on the reverse Man . . .Wood storage box, silk storage bag 8 1/8 x 5 1/4 x 3 1/8in(20.5 x 13.3 x 8cm)Similar ExampleMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston, Noh mask of the Fukai type, signed Deme Mitsushige (d. 1719); William Sturgis Bigelow Collection, 11.5952