hannya
Sign in to savethumb|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.
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It sits within the topics Female legendary creatures, Japanese legendary creatures and Masks in Asia.
Its subject is documented across 15 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Instance of
- role
- Part of
- noh
- Named after
- wisdom in Buddhism
- Depicts
- rage
- Image
- Han'nya type noh mask, with inscription Omi utsu, Edo period, 1600s-1700s AD, wood, polychromy - Tokyo National Museum - Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan - DSC08983.jpg
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- Plays associated with {{transliteration|ja|hannya}}
- Masks similar to {{transliteration|ja|hannya}}
- {{transliteration|ja|Hannya}} in {{transliteration|ja|Bunraku}}
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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.
The is also called . The , also called , is a mask that represents the appearance of a female that is even more intense than the . These masks, which represent the jealousy, resentment, and anger of female demons, are classified as masks.
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