Kagura mask of Amenotajikarao no Mikoto (天手力男命) Wooden/Hand-carved/for kagura dance 造 creating a lively expression

creating a lively expression

Kumiko Plate: Width: 155mm (longest width) Material: Hinoki (Japanese cypress) / Unpainted

please use lacquer or other paints suitable for wooden masks

You can display it in your room as a talisman

Kagura mask of Amenotajikarao no Mikoto (天手力男命) Wooden/Hand-carved/for kagura dance 造 creating a lively expressionThis is a wooden carved mask used in Bitchu Kagura, a dance that is an Important Intangible Cultural Property of Japan. This mask with a brave expression is of Amenotajikarao no Mikoto, a powerful god who appears in Japanese mythology. He is known as the god who dragged Amaterasu Omikami, who had been shut up inside the Ama no Iwato cave, out into the outside world. You can display it in your room as a talisman, or you can wear it while dancing. These