Bamboo Kites Japanese, late 1940s, figures represent [Matsuri] or festival masks including [Okame] lower left and [Hyottoko] lower right, two of the most important festival figures and are often partners in lively sexual antics at [Matsuri]; central figure probably [Benkei], the warrior monk retainer to Yoshitsune, Japan’s greatest tragic hero; upper right figure [Sanbaso] dancer, appeases the gods by his dance at the beginning of the New Year; upper left figure unidentified, 7 x 5 in., all framed together in cherry wood frame. Condition: all good condition, floating on acid-free mat. Notes: Please Note: Brunk Auctions provides condition reports as a courtesy to our clients and assumes no liability for any error or omission. Descriptions are our opinions and should in no way be construed as a guarantee of any kind as to age, condition, mater. Provenance: Collection of Prof. John W. Bennett; Collection of Commander USNR (Ret.) Wayne S. and Mrs. Lydia B. Shiver, Asheboro, North Carolina all good condition, floating on acid-free mat