Important Cultural Property
Noh Mask, Chorei beshimi type
能面 長霊癋見
Sculpture · Muromachi, 1401–1600TNM
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Important Cultural Property
Noh Mask: Shikami
能面 顰
At a glance — Sculpture · Muromachi period · held by Tokyo National Museum · designated Important Cultural Property of Japan.
Fact Sheet
- Designation
- Important Cultural Property (重要文化財)
- Category
- Sculpture
- Period
- Muromachi period
- Date
- 1401–1600
- Held by
- Tokyo National Museum
- Location
- Ueno, Tokyo
- Catalogue ID
- cobas-59055
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With raised eyebrows, deep wrinkles between the eyebrows, and sharp canine teeth, this mask is made to be a face filled with fierce anger. It is used for the roles of evil demons and the spirit of a monster in various Noh plays including some famous ones.
— Museum description: Tokyo National Museum (CC BY 4.0), via ColBase / Japan Search.
Record & Sources
- Designation: Important Cultural Property (重要文化財), Government of Japan
- Catalogue ID: cobas-59055 (permanent)
- Official record: Japan Search — jpsearch.go.jp/item/cobas-59055
- Holder's collection: ColBase — Tokyo National Museum
- Photograph: Tokyo National Museum, via ColBase — CC BY 4.0. CC BY 4.0 licence
Cite this page: “Noh Mask: Shikami（能面 顰）.” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-59055. Tokyo National Museum. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/noh-mask-shikami/ — entry last verified 1 November 2026.
Full record data (as published in the official catalogue record)
- Category: Sculpture:Masks:Noh masks
- Genre: Sculpture
- Material: Wood with pigment
- Cultural property designation: Important Cultural Property
- 員数: 1面
- 分類: 彫刻
- 品質形状: 木造、彩色
- 種別: 彫刻:仮面:能面
- 法量: 20.3×15.8
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