Tengu Mask (LARGE) Uchide no kozuchi Takeminakata (建御名方神) is one of

Takeminakata (建御名方神) is one of the gods in Japanese mythology (Shinto religion)

Takeminakata is enshrined at Suwa-jinja Shrines throughout Japan

The performance entails a skit enacting the visit of barbarians to the house of a native (Japanese)

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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

Tengu Mask (LARGE) Uchide no kozuchi Takeminakata (建御名方神) is one ofTraditional Japanese Tengu Mask Description Tengu (, "heavenly dog") are a type of legendary creature found in Japanese folk religion and are also considered a type of Shinto god (kami) or ykai (supernatural beings). They are mountain dwellers who despise and attack vain and self involved individuals. Tengu usually appear dressed in the robes of a Buddhist monk with the small black cap favored by a clan of warrior mountain monks called the Yamabushi.