Yoroboshi Mask Tengu dog but not a dog

dog but not a dog

often representing specific elements of Buddhist or Shinto teachings

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The Hannya (般若) mask is just one example of the many different types of masks used by traditional Japanese actors in Noh theater

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Yoroboshi Mask Tengu dog but not a dogTraditional Japanese Yoroboshi Mask Description The Yoroboshi mask () is a Noh mask depicting a blind young boy beggar used exclusively in the Noh play Yoroboshi. Role and story It represents Shuntoku maru, a boy driven from his home by false accusations who later goes blind from grief and lives as a beggar near Tennji Shitennji Temple in Osaka. The play centers on his inner sorrow, poetic sensitivity (such as enjoying plum blossoms through their