Tengu Mask Waka-Onna Traditional Japanese plaster and resin

Traditional Japanese plaster and resin

As rice was the main currency in Japan for much of it’s inception

often representing specific elements of Buddhist or Shinto teachings

and tears the air in the dance (Mai)

Tengu Mask Waka-Onna Traditional Japanese plaster and resinTraditional 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.