Shikami Mask otafuku Males are depicted with open

Males are depicted with open mouths with a horn on its head and a paw resting on a sacred wish fulfilling jewel "hoshunotama" which represents the light that buddhist wisdom brought to the darkness

Tengu Mask Meaning

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Traditional Japanese Paper

The performance entails a skit enacting the visit of barbarians to the house of a native (Japanese)

Shikami Mask otafuku Males are depicted with openTraditional Japanese Shikami Mask Description Shikami () is one of the Kijin Kei mask (fierce god). The origins of Kijin kei masks date back to the Northern and Southern Dynasties (1336 1392). Before Buddhism came to Japan, Shintoism was the central belief system in Japan that focused on ritual practice, which many still exist today. Kijin Kei masks were used in rituals on New Year's Eve to repel demons and evil spirits from the local shrine or