Making an usobuki face

Usobuki mask

Man with usobuki mask

Kyogen Mask Usobuki

Usobuki

Face (From a Sketchbook)

Toggle (Netsuke) Shaped Like a Noh Mask for an Animal Spirit (Hifuki)

[歴民カード_歴史] 狂言面空吹

[歴民カード_歴史] 狂言面空吹

Shimenomatsuzakahomarenoushihoda、kenjiyokagami、、noriaibuneehoumanzai

明年度関東局予算 : 新事業=州庁移転、上水道繰上、旅順師範 : 歳計、全面的に順調を示す

Daishihamukuutoittajuukyuusainoharu,shikokunosangawomeguribuppouittennogigiwotokoutoshita.murotomisakidetsuinigumonjinoshitchiwoe,ishizuchisannimukatta

BOHEMIANS OF PARIS 24: THE KNIGHT OF THE GOLDEN SPUR: This so-called former Colonel of the Papal Guard, later aide-de-camp to the Prince of Monaco, awaiting as a prize for his services a distinguished post in the Government!... he would, however, willingly accept a tabacconist's shop or a position as an inspector of [street] sweeping; besides [this] he is a gallant man like all knights of his order, for a trifle demanding satisfaction from five-year-old children, perfectly making excuses from the moment you look at him in the face

Ancient History 12: A meeting of happy augures

(Left) The little village on the far mountainside was already out of sight, and spring was coming around again. The grape trees were like large ailing snakes creeping under the coping stones of the wall. A brown light moved about in the tepid air. The void created by the selfsame every day is likely to chop down even the young trees that were left behind. In this everyday life, a thicket of trees protrudes like a boulder. (Right) The village I lived in has never been thought of as so small. The sun showed itself. The tall poplar forest looks like a beach being blown about by the wind. I grow dizzy just watching that seamless succession. If I can manage to get drunk on this succession of unchanging days, I can also grow to feel like I have taken down an elephant or snake. He differentiated things in this way, like a fluttering butterfly

「水滸伝豪傑百八人」「地☆星七十二員　八番内」 「十二枚之内　八」「地強星」「小彪将兼遠探出哨　錦毛虎燕順」「地微星」「三軍内探事　矮脚虎王英」「地周星」「小彪将兼遠探出哨　跳澗虎陳達」「地僻星」「歩軍将校　打虎将季忠」「地魁星」「同☆賛軍務頭領　神機軍師朱武」「三軍内探事　一丈青扈三娘」「地彗星」「地陰星」「小彪将兼遠探出哨　白花蛇揚春」「地空星」「小彪将兼遠探出哨　小覇王周通」「地異星」「歩軍将校　白面郎君鄭天寿」

Hotei

Urashimataroo

Man by a fire

Monkey trainer

Kanshin passing through legs

Cormorant fisherman

Chinese child

Netsuke

Warrior, farmer, artisan, merchant

Hotei and child

netzuké, netsuke

Woman with fan

Monkey and crab

NETSUKE

Returning from the fair

Toggle (Netsuke) Shaped Like Urashima Tarō

Hotei and child

Seller of bubblemakers

Oiran, nioo, and customer

Herdboy playing the flute

Secondhand dealer

Shooki and woman

Ofuku dancing

Hotei and child