Korobase Mask Kentoku and those wishing to get

and those wishing to get married

Tachikara-Ono-Mikoto waited at the cave's entrance to pull out the sun goddess Amaterasu

• Obeshimi Craftsmanship: Handmade in Japan

These masks serve two purposes: They portray devils who create disasters or cause the plague

This yearly event is the source of the current Setsubun festival

Korobase Mask Kentoku and those wishing to getJapanese Korobase Mask Description Korobase ( ) depicts cranes in Bugaku, an official court dance of Japan, dating as far back as 500 C. E. In the Heian period, nearly all ceremonies and festivals included a Bugaku dance. These dances were important in appeasing the gods, purifying the village, and summoning the gods for rain or a good harvest. The Korobase dance, also called Tsurumai (Crane Dance), is a slow, quiet dance involving four dancers in