Tengu Mask ebisu Traditional Wooden Japanese Matsuomyoujin Mask

Traditional Wooden Japanese Matsuomyoujin Mask

Onnamen (女面) [Female Masks] represent women

Karasu Tengu are also blamed for numerous catastrophes

Usofuki is also used to represent insects and small animals in the plays

the calls of the cranes characterized by the bells hanging from their beak tips

Tengu Mask ebisu Traditional Wooden Japanese Matsuomyoujin MaskTraditional Japanese Tengu Mask Description Tengu (, "heavenly dog") are a type of legendary creature found in Japanese folk religion and are also considered a type of Shinto god (kami) or ykai (supernatural beings). They are mountain dwellers who despise and attack vain and self involved individuals. Tengu usually appear dressed in the robes of a Buddhist monk with the small black cap favored by a clan of warrior mountain monks called the Yamabushi.