Ko-Omote Onna Mask Uchide no kozuchi "Shishimai" (Japanese lion dance) (獅子舞)

"Shishimai" (Japanese lion dance) (獅子舞) is one a traditional Japanese performing arts in which performers mimic a lion's movements in a lion costume to festival music

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Traditional Japanese Plaster and Resin

Traditional Japanese Tengu Mask

Ko-Omote Onna Mask Uchide no kozuchi "Shishimai" (Japanese lion dance) (獅子舞)Traditional Japanese Onna Ko Omote Mask Description Onnamen () [Female Masks] represent women. There are three types of female masks used in Noh: young, middle aged, and old, each of which includes examples of "normal" and "heightened" states of being. Waka onna represents young girls in noh theater. The Japanese word "Ko" describes cuteness, youth, and beauty. "Omote" means face. The mask reflects a very young woman. It is one of the more well known