These wooden masks ... ranging from Japanese legends to modern-day events. Its masks, carved from blocks of cypress, are a key part of the tradition, representing figures like demons and monks.

aka the Nine-Tailed Fox. The demon apparently took the form of a beautiful woman, who was part of a plot to kill Emperor Toba, ruler of Japan from 1107 to 1123. Located in the mountainous northern ...

or the bulging golden eyes of the horned Hannya (one of the most famous of the demon masks, representing a wrathful, jealous woman) are both intrinsic to Japan’s visual culture. Nakamura in her ...

But that all changes when his work/life balance is radically disturbed by a gang of criminal freaks, who obscure their identities behind traditional Japanese demon masks. Taro Saruga, Miou Tanaka ...

See Lark Mason III appraise Japanese Noh drama mask models, ca. 1920, in Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms, Hour 1. Funding for ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is provided by Ancestry and American Cruise ...

Faced with a demon wearing a Noh mask, he solemnly performs Noh dances to the music played on traditional Japanese instruments. Kyogen actor Nomura Mansai, who is also the producer, acts as the ...