Japanese Omens on Masks

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Okame/Otafuku

"Much Good Fortune, "Tortoise" A lucky symbol for long life.

Represents a lovely, always smiling Japanese woman

who brings happiness and good fortune to any manshe marries.

Also known as the Goddess of Mirth.


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Sambaso

"The third Oldest Man

Performed as a greeting to the audience on

behalf of the actor's performing that night


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Tengu

Some of the oldest mythological "deities" in Japan. Part bird and part man, they have wings and large

noses or "beaks" .

A phallic symbol indicative of fertility and good

harvest.

They inhabit trees, are good swordsmen, and are

fond of playing tricks on human beings.


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Kitsune

Japanese Fox

Both benevolent and malicious qualities.

The Fox is believed to be the messenger of the God of Rice,

while on the darker side, Foxes are said to have the ability totake the shape of humans, and trick and deceive them. The

Fox is also said to possess Infinite Vision, an All-Hearing Ear,

and the secrets of the souls of others. He is also said to have

full knowledge of the Universal Past and Present.


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Koomote

Face of a young woman in a Noh play.


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Hannya

A representation of a Female Demon, and has also

come to represent the face of a jealous woman, or a

woman scorned.

When Japanese women marry they traditionallywear a huge white headdress which is said "to hide

the Horns of Jealousy".

Represent darker side of Japanese women.


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Women are viewed in

two different ways

depending on thereligion that dominates

in that particular

period


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Pimiko ruled Japan

in the third century.

mature eyes.

Women are

established,

Women are chaste

and not given to

jealousy.


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Japanese superstitions

The number four is considered inauspicious because it ispronounced the same as the word for death (shi).

The number 9 is also considered bad, since

its pronunciation (ku) can also mean pain and

suffering. In many shrines, temple and souvenir shops, amulets

are sold that are supposed to bring luck, safety or good

fortune.

A so called omikuji, a small pieces of paper are alsoavailble where it can predict your future.


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Cutting your nails at night is bad

Do not whistle at night

If you dont finish your rice during every meal, you will go

blind. There are also some imported superstitions like the

belief about the black cat crossing the street in front of

you is bad luck.

If you lie down immediately after eating, you will become a

cow.


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Japanese Funeral superstitions

According to Rokuyo, a version of the Japanese

calendar that supposedly tells people when their luckiest

and unluckiest days will be, the ideal day to schedule a

funeral service is on Butsumetsu. On this day, people

who have died are said to be most at-rest.

The unluckiest day for a memorial service is on

Tomobiki.

-People often make another smaller coffin for the

funeral, placing a doll inside.


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If a funeral car passes you should hide your thumb.

Do not sleep towards the North beacause bodies are laid

down like that.

When entering a funeral, toss salt over ones shoulder Do not stick your chopsticks upright into rice or food

Food should never be passed between chopstick to

chopstick


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HUMAN BLOOD AS THE GREATEST

SUPER GLUE EVER INVENTED.

THE MYTH:


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Can be compared to what the Filipinos

believed to as, Tagabantay.


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