NAVIGATION
SOCIAL
CONTACT
e-mail: info@theworldthroughwoodeneyes.co.uk
One
aspect
of
The
John
M
Blundall
Collection
of
special
interest
is
the
collection
of
Noh
Masks.
Many
of
the
masks
in
the
collection
were
created
by
Nohjin
Suzuki
and
his
students.
Also
included
is
an
Okina
mask
by
Suzuki’s
Master,
Ujiharu
Nagasawa,
the
first
Noh
mask
carver
to
be given National Living Treasure status in Japan.
The
top
five
masks
all
have
a
shared
heritage,
the
mask
on
the
left
is
by
Ujiharu
Nagasawa,
master
of
Nohjin
Suzuki,
the
next
mask
is
by
Suzuki
and
the
middle
mask
is
by
Baku
Adachi,
Suzuki’s
last
student.
The
fourth
mask
is
by
John
Blundall,
also
a
student
of
Suzuki’s
while
the
mask
on
the
far
right
is
by
Stephen
Foster,
student
of
John
Blundall.
Please
click
on
an
image
below to see the masks in more detail.
The Nohjin-kai school, formally run by Suzuki has a website which can be found HERE
A brief introduction to the Noh theatre and Noh masks can be found HERE
Noh Masks
More masks by Nohjin Suzuki and his students are below.
It is not easy to find Noh masks in the UK, so we have compiled a list of museums which have them in their
collections. We hope it may help those wanting to see these beautiful works with there own eyes. The majority of
the masks in our own collection are in storage and viewable by appointment only. A list of other collections and
links are listed bellow.
The British Museum, London. (5 masks listed on their website).
The Victoria and Albert Museum, London. (30 plus Noh and Kyogen masks).
The Pitt-Rivers Museum, Oxford. (54 mask in the collection).
The Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford. (3 early masks in storage and viewable by appointment only).
The World Museum, Liverpool. (1 on display and 4 in storage).
The National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh. (2 masks in 2 location within the museum and one in storage).
CONTACT
e-mail: info@theworldthroughwoodeneyes.co.uk
SOCIAL
One
aspect
of
The
John
M
Blundall
Collection
of
special
interest
is
the
collection
of
Noh
Masks.
Many
of
the
masks
in
the
collection
were
created
by
Nohjin
Suzuki
and
his
students.
Also
included
is
an
Okina
mask
by
Suzuki’s
Master,
Ujiharu
Nagasawa,
the
first
Noh
mask carver to be given National Living Treasure status in Japan.
The
top
five
masks
all
have
a
shared
heritage,
the
mask
on
the
left
is
by
Ujiharu
Nagasawa,
master
of
Nohjin
Suzuki,
the
next
mask
is
by
Suzuki
and
the
middle
mask
is
by
Baku
Adachi,
Suzuki’s
last
student.
The
fourth
mask
is
by
John
Blundall,
also
a
student
of
Suzuki’s
while
the
mask
on
the
far
right
is
by
Stephen
Foster,
student
of
John
Blundall.
Please
click
on
an
image
below
to
see
the
masks in more detail.
The Nohjin-kai school, formally run by Suzuki has a website
which can be found HERE
A brief introduction to the Noh theatre and Noh masks can be
found HERE
Noh Masks
More masks by Nohjin Suzuki and his students are below.
It is not easy to find Noh masks in the UK, so we have compiled a
list of museums which have them in their collections. We hope it
may help those wanting to see these beautiful works with there own
eyes. The majority of the masks in our own collection are in storage
and viewable by appointment only. A list of other collections and
links are listed bellow.
The British Museum, London. (5 masks listed on their website).
The Victoria and Albert Museum, London. (30 plus Noh and Kyogen
masks).
The Pitt-Rivers Museum, Oxford. (54 mask in the collection).
The Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford. (3 early masks in
storage and viewable by appointment only).
The World Museum, Liverpool. (1 on display and 4 in storage).
The National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh. (2 masks in 2
location within the museum and one in storage).
