{"product_id":"noh-mask","title":"Noh Mask 'Koomote'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eNoh mask of a young woman's face, white with red lips and a calm expression\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe calm face of the Noh stage. This mask is the young woman, the ko-omote, in a smooth white finish with high painted brows set well above the eyes, narrow dark eyes cut open, a small nose, full cheeks and red painted lips over a line of white teeth, with the expression that is neither a smile nor not one. It fastens with an elastic strap and it is the quietest object in the collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the mask that changes with the angle: tilted down it is sad, tilted up it is glad, and straight on it is waiting. That is what the Noh mask is for, and this one does it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Koomote, is the small face, the Noh name for the mask of the young woman, and the mask is that one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe mask is moulded and finished smooth in a soft white, with the brows, eyes, lips and teeth painted by hand and the eyes cut open behind the painted line, and the inside plain. It fastens with an elastic strap. The shape is the oval of the stage mask, narrower than a face, which is why the wearer's own cheeks show at the sides, as they do on the stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear it strapped for a photograph, a performance or a party, and tilt the head, because that is where the mask lives; or hang it, which is where most of them go, on a wall where the light comes from one side and the expression changes through the day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe brows are the detail: painted high on the forehead, well above the eyes, in the manner of the court women of the old paintings, and they are what tell you the face is from another century. The lips are painted red over a line of white teeth, which is the other tell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHung on a wall it is a face in the room, and that is how most of them end up: on a nail by the door, over a desk, in a hallway where a guest meets it first. It is photographed at the same scale as every mask in the collection, so the pages compare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWipe with a soft dry cloth; the white shows marks and wipes clean. Keep it out of direct sun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a room it is a white face with red lips. From close the brows show their height, the eyes their cut, and the teeth their line. It is the mask for a person who wants the stage and its stillness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne size, adult. The mask is the oval of the stage mask, a little narrower than a face, and the strap adjusts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59207751270748,"sku":"14:771#MZ01","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/noh-mask-koomote-1.jpg?v=1790585594","url":"https:\/\/yonaku.com\/products\/noh-mask","provider":"YONAKU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}