Sutemeshi - Shamokushi

Japanese: 捨目師 - しゃもくし

Year of birth: Year of birth and death unknown. A Gigaku mask maker from the Nara period. Five wooden Gigaku masks with his name inscribed remain in Shosoin and Todaiji Temple, but no dates are listed. Of the five, two are Suikojong in Shosoin and three are Shishiji, Wugong, and Taikoji in Todaiji Temple. The natural expressions and outstanding craftsmanship seen in these masks, despite their somewhat long faces, put them on a par with those of Sang (General) Lee U-seong, Kiyoyoshi, and Enkin, who created the masks for the eye-opening ceremony of the Great Buddha of Todaiji Temple, and he is considered to be one of the artists active in the same era. <References> Ishida Shigesaku, "Research on the Gigaku Masks of the Shosoin," and "Gigaku Masks of the Shosoin," edited by the Shosoin Office.

(Kazuharu Asai)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

生年：生没年不詳
奈良時代の伎楽面作者。正倉院および東大寺にはその名が記された木彫の伎楽面が5面遺っているが,年代の記載はない。5面は正倉院蔵が酔胡従2面,東大寺蔵が師子児,呉公,太孤児の3面で,これらに認められるやや面長ながら自然な表情,およぴ卓越した技量は,東大寺大仏の開眼供養会面を制作した相(将)李魚成や基永師,延均師などと肩を並べるものがあり,同期に活躍した人物のひとりとみなされる。<参考文献>石田茂作『正倉院伎楽面の研究』,正倉院事務所編『正倉院の伎楽面』

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