Saturday, November 27, 2010

Akaoni (red demon) masks of Kunisaki

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Since I started to make masks myself I have become interested in searching out examples of older, wooden masks.

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Shrines are a good place as many of them have old masks on display.

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The red demon is often paired with the white demon.

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All of these masks were at shrines on the Kunisaki peninsular in Oita Prefecture, northern Kyushu.

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You can see a couple of my red demon masks here.

1 comment:

  1. So you make some of these masks yourself? They look awesome! I'm interested in picking up a mask of some sort for possible haikyo pictures. How much do you sell for? What are the masks made of and such?

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