Tengu Mask ebisu Traditional Wooden Japanese Ame-no-Tajikarao Mask

Traditional Wooden Japanese Ame-no-Tajikarao Mask

Kotoshironushi (事代主) is the shinto name for one of the seven lucky gods

These dances were important in appeasing the gods

Traditional Japanese Oni Mask

Sanju (散手) is one of the characters in the Bugaku (舞楽) performance "Dance of the Virtuous Barbarians"

Tengu Mask ebisu Traditional Wooden Japanese Ame-no-Tajikarao 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.