Karasu Tengu Mask Kiyomi Yokota Okame together with her husband

Okame together with her husband Hyottoko is an promising item for happy couples

This is considered as one of the possible name of the origin of Hyottoko

Please note that all the masks listed are old and have been used by Japanese people

These dances were important in appeasing the gods

The Kojyo (小尉) mask is just one example of the many different types of masks used by the traditional Japanese actors of Noh theater

Karasu Tengu Mask Kiyomi Yokota Okame together with her husbandTraditional Japanese Karasu Tengu Mask Description Karasu Tengu ( ) were 1st reported in "Nihon Shoki" (The Chronicles of Japan) in the 8th century, and since then, they've popped up continuously in Japan's archives. In "Tale of the Heike" (12C Chronicle of Japan) describes Karasu Tengu as "men but not men; bird but not a bird; dog but not a dog; they possess the hands of a human, the head of a canine, a pair of wings and are capable of both flight