Description: Polychrome pigments and gesso over wood, beard and hair applied animal hair. Long, expressive wrinkles on forehead and cheeks. The Kojo mask was principally used in the play Takasago, where an old man becomes a god. Condition: Typical traces of use and wear along the edges, with subtle colour scuffing and paint chipping on the chin; good, old usage patina at the back, on the inside Provenance: From an important Austrian private collection, acquired before 1930 - with old sticker on the back