A Japanese Framed Noh Dancer Fukusa Embroidery

Meiji period (1868-1912), silk kesi with gold embroidery, a textile gift wrapper with blue ground and a dancing figure holding a fan with a sun and bells, he wears a black pointed hat and a smiling joyful mask, framed with gold art nouveau style frame and large cloth mat with medallions containing the longevity symbol and surrounded by bats and clouds, framed without a cover.

Sight size 21 x 15 in.; Framed dimensions 51 x 30 in.

Significant fading to textile; two vertical creases on each side of the figure; some areas of discoloration mainly in top left corner.