Meiji Era, Wooden Japanese Netsuke Mask (Mennetsuke) Wearing a Hachimaki -Patina

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Seller: cosmic_goods ✉️ (3,625) 100%, Location: Freeport, Maine, US, Ships to: US & many other countries, Item: 183103549184 Meiji Era, Wooden Japanese Netsuke Mask (Mennetsuke) Wearing a Hachimaki -Patina.
  • Antique, Japanese Netsuke in hardwood with Patina; this piece clearly has been worn and well used.
  • High attention to detail - (see fine details of ears and eyes...)
  • Mask is donning a hachimaki (鉢巻, or literally a "helmet-scarf") which is a stylized headband (bandana) in Japanese culture. 
  • Usually made of red or white cloth, worn as a symbol of perseverance, effort, and/or courage by the wearer. 
  • The historical origin of hachimaki is uncertain. One theory links the cloth to those worn by early religious ascetics. 
  • Another theory states that they originated in headbands worn by samurai that kept their helmets on, to absorb perspiration, and keep hair out of their eyes. 
  • Perhaps the most well known usage of the hachimaki was by the kamikaze pilots toward the end of World War II; Kamikaze pilots would frequently don a hachimaki, usually with the kanji "神風" ("Kamikaze"), before flying to their deaths. 
  • Height = 1.9 inch / 4.9 cm; Width = 1.8 inch / 4.8 cm;   Depth = 0.9 inch / 2.2 cm
  • Type: Netsuke
  • Region of Origin: Japan
  • Age: 1900-1940
  • Primary Material: Wood
  • Maker: Unknown
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Color: Brown

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