Karasu Tengu Mask Kentoku Traditional Japanese Hyottoko Mask Set

Traditional Japanese Hyottoko  Mask Set

Bori-kuma (熊彫り) or Kibori kuma (木彫り熊) is a traditional Japanese craft that consists of a wooden carving of a bear with a fish in its mouth

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it is sacred for the Japanese

Karasu Tengu Mask Kentoku Traditional Japanese Hyottoko Mask SetTraditional Japanese Karasu Tengu Mask Description Karasu Tengu ( ) were 1st reported in "Nihon Shoki" (The Chronicles of Japan) in the 8th century, and since then, they've popped up continuously in Japan's archives. In "Tale of the Heike" (12C Chronicle of Japan) describes Karasu Tengu as "men but not men; bird but not a bird; dog but not a dog; they possess the hands of a human, the head of a canine, a pair of wings and are capable of both flight