Tengu Mask (LARGE) size100 nearly all ceremonies and festivals

nearly all ceremonies and festivals included a Bugaku dance

The Tsuina (追儺) mask represents the devil/demon

"Shishimai" (Japanese lion dance) (獅子舞) is one a traditional Japanese performing arts in which performers mimic a lion's movements in a lion costume to festival music

but his purpose is to transform anger into salvation

Tengu Mask (LARGE) size100 nearly all ceremonies and festivalsTraditional 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.