• Obeshimi Craftsmanship: Handmade in Japan
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Japan’s oldest court music and dance traditions
These masks serve two purposes: They portray devils who create disasters or cause the plague
Otafuku (阿多福) is a popular figure in folk tales and paired with a male caricature called Hyottoko and podgy cheeks
Korobase Mask Kentoku • Obeshimi Craftsmanship: Handmade inJapanese Korobase Mask Description Korobase ( ) depicts cranes in Bugaku, an official court dance of Japan, dating as far back as 500 C. E. In the Heian period, nearly all ceremonies and festivals included a Bugaku dance. These dances were important in appeasing the gods, purifying the village, and summoning the gods for rain or a good harvest. The Korobase dance, also called Tsurumai (Crane Dance), is a slow, quiet dance involving four dancers in