『小面』’Ko-omote’ (jap. “a small face”)- the most complicated Noh theatre mask.

Ko-omote 小面 is a mask of a young beautiful woman. For a Noh performer it’s the most ‘difficult’ mask to use: this mask shows up to 40 emotions according to the angle of light on the stage. In comparison with Ko-omote other masks show about 15-20 emotions in average.

Sketch, pencil on paper, 30 min

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Eijirō Tōno as Tomizawa from the classical japanese comedy called “Ohayo”, 1959.

Sketch, pencil on paper, the first one - 15 min, the second one - 2h

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