Matsuomyoujin Mask Ame-no-Tajikarao Traditional Wooden Japanese Daruma

Traditional Wooden Japanese Daruma

as well as in Shinto ritual kagura dances

embody your accomplishment by drawing the pupil in your Daruma's other eye

Noh performances are very stylized representations of traditional and well-known stories developed in Japan during the 14th century

also means expel when different kanji is used

Matsuomyoujin Mask Ame-no-Tajikarao Traditional Wooden Japanese DarumaTraditional Wooden Japanese Matsuomyoujin Mask Description Matsuomyoujin (), the God of brewing and sake, appears in a famous Japanese legend. In it, he helps Susanoo no Mikoto, the God of sea and storms, slay two giant snakes. This story is performed in a Kagura (Japanese play). Susanoo no Mikoto was told by Ashinazuchi and Tenazuchi (Shinto deities ) that two giant snakes ate two of their daughters, leaving only one to live. Susanoonomikoto