Tengu Mask Hanakobu Akujyo the performers

the performers

Japanese Inasehagi no Mikoto Mask

The dance has a mythical origin that some researchers have traced to a celebratory performance given at Shakamuni's (釈迦 ) birth or to a dance by the guardian god Isakawa Myoujin (率河明神) reveling in the retreat of the Korean Silla (新羅) army

Sanju (散手) is the abbreviation of Sanju Hajinraku 散手破陣楽

Ouashiro and Tamano

Tengu Mask Hanakobu Akujyo the performersTraditional Iron 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