This is a Noh mask carved from plain camphor wood. Each piece is carefully carved by hand, and you can enjoy the unique color change of camphor wood over the years. It is a mask that can be used mainly as a wall hanging, decoration, or as an ornament by leaning it on a plate stand or mask stand. The length of the string is adjusted to the length for wall hanging. You can also use it for dancing by changing the string.
Tengu is said to have originated in India.
It is said that when the ancient Indian word for ``meteor'' came to China, it was translated as ``tengu.''
In China, meteors were seen as ``tengu'', which were seen as harbingers of bad things to come, and their appearance was thought to resemble that of a dog.
In Japan, in the 9th year of Emperor Jomei's reign (637), an extremely gigantic meteor is said to have flown through the sky with a thunder-like roar.
At that time, the oldest known document says that a learned monk named ``Hun'' who had studied science in the Tang Dynasty and returned to Japan said, ``It is not a meteor, but a tengu.''
At that time, Japan was experiencing droughts and solar eclipses, and it is said that people viewed tengu as one of the strange phenomena.
There is also another theory that the name comes from the god Sarutahiko, who appears in Japanese mythology.
In Japanese mythology, the land of Japan was said to be a world between ``Takamagahara,'' where the gods lived, and ``Yomi no Kuni,'' where the dead lived.
Sarutahiko is said to have guided Ninigi no Mikoto from Takamagahara to the earth in order to rule the land of Japan, and for this reason, he is said to be the god of roads and the god of travelers. I am.
In the Nihon Shoki, the appearance of Sarutahiko is described as having a long nose and a height of seven feet, and it is said that this long nose is the original form of tengu. ■Material: camphor/camphor
■Size: Length 22 x Width 14cm x Height 20 (from bottom of face to tip of nose)
■Weight: Approx. 520g
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