Kojyo Mask woodblockprint Traditional Japanese Hanakobu Akujyo Mask

Traditional Japanese Hanakobu Akujyo Mask

This yearly event is the source of the current Setsubun festival

Takeminakata is enshrined at Suwa-jinja Shrines throughout Japan

Chikyuu celebrates the eternity of heaven and earth with slow

one depicted with their mouth open to scare off demons or closed to shelter and keep in good spirits

Kojyo Mask woodblockprint Traditional Japanese Hanakobu Akujyo MaskTraditional Wooden Japanese Kojyo Mask Description The Kojyo () 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 actor wears the Kojo () mask, portraying the old man in the first part of "Takasago" and in other Noh plays. In the play's second part,