KO-OMOTE Painted Mask
Japanese KO-OMOTE mask. Hand painted polyester resin. Dimensions, around 21x14cm.
Ko-Omote literally means "little face" and conveys the beauty of a girl not yet twenty. The mask shows a young girl with neatly combed hair, shaved eyebrows and cheeks. The youngest woman represented by Japanese masks, which is identified with purity, beauty and virginity.