Otoibide Mask Korobase Traditional Japanese Plaster & Resin

Traditional Japanese Plaster & Resin

Daikokuten is usually pictured with a uchidenokozuchi

Hannya Masks

Traditional Japanese Takeminakata Mask

The Namahage carry wooden knives and buckets

Otoibide Mask Korobase Traditional Japanese Plaster & ResinThe Thunder God Tobide Noh Mask () Thunder God, Hand Carved Wood Among the most powerful forms in the Japanese Noh mask tradition, the tobide ( "great startled expression") belongs to the kishin category of fierce deity masks and represents one of the oldest mask types in the theatrical canon. Where the standard Tobide evokes a startled, explosive energy, the tobide amplifies this to its extreme, wide, bulging eyes and an open mouth frozen in a moment