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🎎 Ceramic Japanese Hannya mask 日本の般若マスク Japan Antique Roadshow 日本のアンティークショー
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Before our Japan #mingei business failed in 2009, Yumiko and I sold a whole lot of these little decorative #Hannya #Noh masks. So many in fact, that Yumiko had established a strong wholesale relationship with a traditional ceramics mask manufacturer down in Kyoto to keep us in steady supply. These little masks were a best-seller! 👍 • I made this rather bittersweet video (that’s how it felt, though the emotion doesn’t show much on my face) as I prepared to leave Japan in 2014, and I was trying desperately to give away our stock to good homes. It was a little hard for me to watch this old video now—though time has softened the sense of failure and loss which animated my desperate effort at a second chance. • Thank goodness for second chances.🍀 (KB) • #adventure #Japan #GaijinTwitter #softypapa • 🎎 The Hannya mask is possibly one of the best known and most famous of all masks used with traditional Japanese Noh theatre (please read below to learn more about Noh and its sister performance art Kyogen). The mask of Hannya is typically worn to represent the face of a woman turned demon through jealousy and anger. The mask offered here is a splendid example of Hannya with striking detail and a fierce, captivating gaze. • Noh (pronounced no ) theatre is one of the classical Japanese forms of stage performance. Noh and its more light hearted and humorous sister art Kyogen are often performed together in traditional theater houses within large Japanese cities. In the past, formal Noh/Kyogen performances would last all day with several heavy and serious Noh dramas of different genres being performed with periodic Kyogen performances between these to give the audience a break and a chance to laugh. Noh actors are always male (even the ones dressed as women), and normally share the stage with an orchestra of traditional Japanese musicians as well as a choir. The actors recite their lines in old Japanese style (most Japanese can't understand them and must follow the story with a written script) sung with trailing syllables oscillating with flowing emphasis. Noh and Kyogen actors often wear masks to help them better portray the character they are playing or to lend emphasis to key points of their performance. With the exception of demon masks (which are very expressive) most Noh/Kyogen masks are neutral in expression, requiring the actor to indicate emotion exclusively through subtle body movements. The craft of making Noh and Kyogen masks is an important Japanese art form in itself and many masks (particularly the dramatic demon and god masks) are collected by Japanese and foreign enthusiasts of Japanese culture. (KB) • Handpicked by Kurt Bell in Shizuoka City, this ceramic Hannya mask is not just a representation of Japanese theater but a testament to the depths of human emotions, frozen in time by skilled artisans. • Join Kurt, born in the vast expanses of America in 1964, on a journey into the intricate web of Japan's artistic and cultural tapestry. Guided by Stoic beliefs and reflections from Going Alone , he curates pieces that echo with history, drama, and the myriad shades of the human soul. 🌄📚🎎 • ➡️ Get your copy of Going Alone at this link (the hardcover edition is recommended) 🤠🏜️☀️: https://a.co/d/6SORY8N • 🌐 Website: https://goingalone.org • 📧 Email: [email protected] • 👍 Support my endeavors on Patreon: / softypapa • Be safe... But not too safe. • #KurtBell #ForSale #HannyaMask #TheGoodLife #StoicExplorer 🍚🏞️🎎 • CREDITS: • Japanese Falls image: Lane Brown | View More: http://lanebrownart.blogspot.com/p/po... • Song For Kurt theme: Nowherians | Listen Here: http://nowherians.bandcamp.com/
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