Yoroboshi Mask Tengu highlighting bugaku’s deeply international history

highlighting bugaku’s deeply international history

Gigaku was primarily performed at the imperial court and was associated with religious ceremonies and festivals

He called Matsuomyoujin

Susanoonomikoto was told by Ashinazuchi and Tenazuchi (Shinto deities) that two giant snakes ate two of their daughters

Yoroboshi Mask Tengu highlighting bugaku’s deeply international historyTraditional 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