From the Harvard Art Museums’ collections Gigaku Mask (Gigakumen), perhaps representing Shishiko, Suikoju, or Taikoji

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.56.11
People: Attributed to Kiei-shi, Japanese (active mid-8th century )
Title: Gigaku Mask (Gigakumen), perhaps representing Shishiko, Suikoju, or Taikoji
Other Titles: Transliterated Title: Gigakumen (Shishiko?; Suikoju?; Taikoji?)
Classification: Sculpture
Work Type: mask, sculpture
Date: Nara period, circa 754
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period: Nara period, 710-794
Culture: Japanese

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Wood with traces of polychromy
Dimensions: H. 28.2 x W. 21.6 cm (11 1/8 x 8 1/2 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year: 1943
Object Number: 1943.56.11
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
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Publication History

Kristin A. Mortimer and William G. Klingelhofer, Harvard University Art Museums: A Guide to the Collections, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press (Cambridge and New York, 1986), no. 47, p. 46

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