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9" (23 cm.) Mitate gosho-ningyo (parody palace doll) pair of a Kyogen performance comprising clay figures covered in gofun with sleeveless vest and haragake bib formed as part of sculpture, the haragake with a painted repeated tortoise shell pattern, the vests with a dynamic painting of pine trees against a red field over a cloud pattern bearing tortoise shell patterns and kiri (pawlownia) blossoms, both with a fuji (wisteria) crest painted at the yoke, one in white, one in black, one holding a fan bearing a split design of iris leaves and a blue field bearing the wisteria crest, the other playing a tsutsumi (shoulder drum) done in a fine black and gold lacquer with silk straps, both with painted mizuhiki presentation ribbon details on the head and wear black lacquered paper eboshi-style caps, happy, laughing expressions, formed sandals with woven silk ties, mounted on simulated wood bases, Minor soiling, craquelure on left temple of chanter. Taisho Era, circa 1920. Kyogen was an interlude companion performance art frequently featuring a storyteller and a drummer reciting ribald and humorous tales between more formal acts within a round of Noh dramas.