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    Posted 7 years ago

    rustbrothers
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    Here a hand made antique Japanese mask looks hand made i cant tell if it wood or paper its very lite if i push on it hard it fill like wood it looks to have carving mark marks on face. Its size 9" long 7" wide 4 " front to back .it can be put on you face it fits just right.it just on 2 pounds.fleamarket fine turlock ca hope you can help thanks

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    1. bananapeel, 7 years ago
      https://nohmask21.com/eu/intro.html This is an interesting site. I don't know - maybe it would be helpful as a starting point?
    2. apostata apostata, 2 years ago
      clenched mouth or not clenched mouth

      you got something like 459 masks different mask in Japan subdivided into 6 groups
      this one is an O-Beshimi meaning large clenched mouth

      The mask is of a god... representing a tengu who protects others from evil spirits and demons - named ?beshimi

      the question is this a real one,
      1 is this wood and if it is wood , is it ITTOBORO= one face one cut
      IMO the Striae and the grain of the wood are missing are missing

      2 also the residu of the GOFUN = old smoothing paste made out of shattered oyster shells outlines emphasize the wrinkle sin the brown skin

      so what is it


      Tengu are a type of legendary creature found in Japanese folk religion. They are considered a type of y?kai (supernatural beings) or Shinto kami (gods).

      this one is easy to recognize clenched teeth and eyeballs like being an participant in the movie flic scanners (popping out effect)

      While the ?beshimi has an look of inner will power, , it also has an whimsical side if ?beshimi were to unclamp its teeth, it would break into a an sort of smiley

      ?beshimi's tense expression creates deep wrinkles on the forehead and forces both ends of the eyebrows to curl upward

      were are they used for
      Used for tengu roles inKuruma z? Zegai Kurama Tengu, , , Dairokuten, and probably in Daie, ( i forgot)

      next question , is this an SHAKA SHITA = under mask , likely

    3. apostata apostata, 2 years ago
      correction 2 gofun is missing

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