Karasu Tengu Mask Hannya eliminate evil diseases and expel

eliminate evil diseases and expel demons

Traditional Japanese Heishitori Mask

Karasu Tengu (鴉天狗 ) were 1st reported in "Nihon Shoki" (The Chronicles of Japan) in the 8th century

Takeminakata is enshrined at Suwa-jinja Shrines throughout Japan

The mask represents the meaninglessness of the human condition

Karasu Tengu Mask Hannya eliminate evil diseases and expelTraditional 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