Yoroboshi Mask Tengu often representing specific elements of

often representing specific elements of Buddhist or Shinto teachings

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

The Tengu is a popular Japanese tattoo motif

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Yoroboshi Mask Tengu often representing specific elements ofTraditional 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