SHOJYO - Antique Japanese Lacquered Wooden Noh Mask #5209

- size: approx. 13.8cm (5 7⁄16in) x 21cm (8 17⁄64in)

- weight: 175g

- condition: small damaged (see pictures)

- origin: Japan

Shojyo

A mythical creature of China. Resembling an ape, with the face and legs of a man, the shojo understands human language and loves to drink sake. On the Noh stage, a Chinese man named Kofu known for his filial piety follows the prophecy of a dream and becomes wealthy selling sake. One moonlit night a shojo appears at the Shinnyo estuary. The shojo drinks with Kofu and dances, then celebrates Kofu's filial devotion by giving him an endless well of sake.