Vintage Japanese Bugaku Mask - Kempai side cabinets Taisho period

Taisho period

red and green stripe

A two-piece Japanese merchant’s storage cabinet (choba dansu)

featuring a distinctive tall neck (yagura) that originally cradled a pin cushion

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Vintage Japanese Bugaku Mask - Kempai side cabinets Taisho periodA Japanese Bugaku dancing mask. c. 1960 Kempai Mask Bugaku is Japanese Imperial Court dance, particularly its masked dances performed with serene, slow movements and elaborate costumes, often paired, representing ancient Chinese and Korean influences, aiming to appease deities, purify spirits, and pray for peace, a tradition still maintained at shrines and the Imperial Household.