Masks in Asia

thumb|Wooden mask at the Tokyo National Museum. [[Edo period, 1600s or 1700s. Important Cultural Property.]] The is a mask used in a traditional Japanese Noh theater, representing a jealous female demon. It is characterized by two sharp bull-like horns, metallic eyes, and a leering mouth. In Noh plays, the type of mask changes according to the degree of jealousy, resentment, and anger of the female characters. The is a mask that represents a female even more resentful, jealous, and angry than the , a woman on the verge of becoming a demoness.

thumb|A Khaleeji woman wearing the battoulah.

thumb|250px|Shirohige Ressei-menpo. 18th century, Edo period. [[Tokyo Fuji Art Museum.]]

face mask associated with Korean arts

thumb|A 19th century carved nut, depicting the mask of Hyottoko

mask belonging to Nepal’s Malla period from the 16th century C.E.

masked costume cosplay