Noh mask art gallery |
You can see some of the Noh masks created by Mistue Nakamura. |
Chigusa-ayakashi
The mask was created by a Noh craftsman called Chigusa. It is a mask of male ghost with grudge (Ayakashi) and used as the mask of vengeful ghost of the warlord, however, its character also presents human semblance in comparison to the other ghost masks.
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Reference:
“Noh-no-men”, Yasuo Nakamura, Kawahara syoten publishing
“Noh-men-nyuumon”, Nobutaka Konparu, Syouzou Masuda, and Sanjiro Kitazawa, Heibonsya, Ltd.
Foreword from Noh Mask Craftswoman, Mitsue Nakamura
(C) Mitsue Nakamura.
. All rights reserved.
