Hannya Mask Waka-Onna also called Tsurumai (Crane Dance)

also called Tsurumai (Crane Dance)

Takeminakata is also said to be the god of wind

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also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III (三代歌川豊国) 1786 – 12 January 1865) was the most popular and commercially successful ukiyo-e woodblock print artist in 19th-century Japan

Hannya Mask Waka-Onna also called Tsurumai (Crane Dance)Traditional Iron Japanese Hannya Mask Description The Hannya () mask is just one example of the many different types of masks used by the traditional Japanese actors of Noh theater. Noh performances are very stylized representations of traditional and well known stories, developed in Japan during the 14th century. The Hannya mask is used in many noh and kygen Japanese plays, as well as in Shinto ritual kagura dances. The Hannya mask portrays the souls