Three Menpos

a) A russet iron ryubu style menpo, finely embossed with scrolls and swirls to the cheeks and ears. The mask in red lacquer to the inside and signed under the chin: Miko Myochin Ki Yoshiomi,
Japan, Late Edo period

b) An iron Etchumen with angular cheeks and applied plum blossom motif to the chin and incised parallel lines covering the outer surface. The mask is lacquered red on the inside, unsigned.
Japan, Early Edo period.

c) A fine iron Oei-bo by the Haruta School of Armorers, of elegant form with a small nose that has a single opening, unsigned.
Japan, Early Edo period.