Muneakira's masterpiece, this mask by Muneakira was already famous when it was first published in 1763. It represents Jikokuten, guardian of the East, one of the Four Kings of Heaven. The mask is also one of the few to retain its original silk head covering sewn to the upper edges.
Credit: Rogers Fund, 1919
Dated 1745
Iron, lacquer, textile (silk)
24.0cm
19.115.2
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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