{"id":2673,"date":"2015-07-12T18:11:13","date_gmt":"2015-07-12T18:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=2673"},"modified":"2015-11-08T20:26:47","modified_gmt":"2015-11-08T20:26:47","slug":"unused-shishi-mask-from-japan-circa1960","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/unused-shishi-mask-from-japan-circa1960\/","title":{"rendered":"Unused Shishi mask from Japan, circa 1960"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2674\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2674\" style=\"width: 251px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/aaaMystrySolvd-805.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2674\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/aaaMystrySolvd-805-251x300.jpg\" alt=\"for the lion dance\" width=\"251\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/aaaMystrySolvd-805-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/aaaMystrySolvd-805.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2674\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">for the lion dance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Q:<\/strong>  The head alone is 7\u201d wide; with the ears included, it\u2019s 14\u201d across. The ears are removable. I\u2019m pretty sure the material is a lightweight wood. My grandmother probably bought this on trips during the 1950\u2019s or 1960\u2019s. She also collected Satsuma ceramics, of which I have a few pieces. I\u2019ve attached photos of the box it came in. Frank, 805<\/p>\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong>  It always comes with a moveable jaw. Though this one is about 75 years old it is in brand-new condition. The Japanese love to give masks as a gift.<!--more--> Shishi-mai, a Lion Dance, is performed by people dressed in a headdress of a lion (really an imaginary beast with characteristics of a lion). It was probably brought to Japan by the 8th century through innumerable embassies sent to Tang Dynasty China. Shishi-mai dances spread across Japan and were performed at festivals to ward off evil spirits and to pray for peace in the land, a bountiful harvest, and health. came in. These masks are still being used all over Japan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: The head alone is 7\u201d wide; with the ears included, it\u2019s 14\u201d across. The ears are removable. I\u2019m pretty sure the material is a lightweight wood. My grandmother probably bought this on trips during the 1950\u2019s or 1960\u2019s. She also collected Satsuma ceramics, of which I have a few pieces. I\u2019ve attached photos of the box it came in. Frank, 805 A: It always comes with a moveable jaw. Though this one is about 75 years old it is in brand-new condition. The Japanese love to give masks as a gift.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2674,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2673"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3377,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2673\/revisions\/3377"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}