Tengu Mask Tanabe Seisuke The Okina (翁) (old man)

The Okina (翁) (old man) mask is considered very sacred and at times treated as the embodiment of god

When sufficiently drunk

the God of sake/brewing

Artist/Carver: Kiyomi Yokota

Otafuku (阿多福) is a popular figure in folk tales and paired with a male caricature called Hyottoko and podgy cheeks

Tengu Mask Tanabe Seisuke The Okina (翁) (old man)Traditional Iron Japanese Tengu Mask Description Tengu (, "heavenly dog") are a type of legendary creature found in Japanese folk religion and are also considered a type of Shinto god (kami) or ykai (supernatural beings). They are mountain dwellers who despise and attack vain and self involved individuals. Tengu usually appear dressed in the robes of a Buddhist monk with the small black cap favored by a clan of warrior mountain monks called the