Kon'nichiwa dear customers welcome to this wonderful ebay auction for this noh theatre oni japanese top quality hand carved wood vampire mask with brass eyes carved and painted to high standard with brass inlays for the eyes and made from high quality light wood so light to wear for the performer 

Dimensions; Length 250mm, width 210mm, and 70mm deep on the inside  

Oni (鬼) are a kind of yokai from Japanese folklore, variously translated as demons, devils, ogres or trolls. They are popular characters in Japanese Art, Literature and Theatre

Depictions of oni vary widely but usually portray them as hideous, gigantic ogre-like creatures with sharp claws, wild hair, and two long horns growing from their heads.They are humanoid for the most part, but occasionally, they are shown with unnatural features such as odd numbers of eyes or extra fingers and toes.Their skin may be any number of colors, but red and blue are particularly common.

They are often depicted wearing tiger-skin loincloths and carrying iron clubs, called kanabo (金棒). This image leads to the expression "oni with an iron club"(鬼に金棒 oni-ni-kanabō), that is, to be invincible or undefeatable. It can also be used in the sense of "strong beyond strong", or having one's natural quality enhanced or supplemented by the use of some tool.

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