{"id":7157,"date":"2018-09-17T15:46:21","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T15:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=7157"},"modified":"2018-09-24T02:47:43","modified_gmt":"2018-09-24T02:47:43","slug":"why-such-a-distorted-japanese-mask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/why-such-a-distorted-japanese-mask\/","title":{"rendered":"Why such a distorted Japanese mask?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/aaaMystrySolvd-1441.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7158\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/aaaMystrySolvd-1441-215x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/aaaMystrySolvd-1441-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/aaaMystrySolvd-1441-768x1070.jpg 768w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/aaaMystrySolvd-1441-735x1024.jpg 735w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/aaaMystrySolvd-1441-600x836.jpg 600w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/aaaMystrySolvd-1441.jpg 950w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/a>The use of masks in Japan started from 10,000 BCE. They are used in plays and rituals, and for Noh theater. Today there are a wide range of characters, ranging from very realistic to extreme exaggerations.\u00a0 This one is called Hyottoko. He can be used for comic interludes in Noh plays. The inexpensive papier mache version shown here can also be used by street performers and the general public.\u00a0 In the USA it can show up for Halloween.<\/p>\n<p>Hyottoko, is probably the strangest-looking character of Japanese masquerade.\u00a0 Of course, he is very funny looking and very strange.\u00a0 But I think he would be disturbing enough to strike fear in somebody walking alone in a dark alley. You can see him and 25 very different Japanese masks on pages 54 thru 56 in <em>Masks of the World<\/em> by Ibold and Yohn.<\/p>\n<p>Why does Hyottoko\u2019s face always look so distorted?\u00a0 According to a description I read, he is blowing fire with a pipe that goes out the side of his mouth. But why does he blow fire? Why is his mask so popular? There is so much to learn about Japan&#8217;s many different masks.<\/p>\n<p>    <script src=\"https:\/\/form.jotform.com\/static\/feedback2.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\n      new JotformFeedback({\n        formId: \"82656670051154\",\n        buttonText: \"Of Interest?\",\n        base: \"https:\/\/form.jotform.com\/\",\n        background: \"#F59202\",\n        fontColor: \"#FFFFFF\",\n        buttonSide: \"right\",\n        buttonAlign: \"center\",\n        type: false,\n        width: 700,\n        height: 600,\n        isCardForm: false\n      });\n    <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The use of masks in Japan started from 10,000 BCE. They are used in plays and rituals, and for Noh theater. Today there are a wide range of characters, ranging from very realistic to extreme exaggerations.\u00a0 This one is called Hyottoko. He can be used for comic interludes in Noh plays. The inexpensive papier mache version shown here can also be used by street performers and the general public.\u00a0 In the USA it can show up for Halloween. Hyottoko, is probably the strangest-looking character of Japanese masquerade.\u00a0 Of course, he is very funny looking and very strange.\u00a0 But I think he would be disturbing enough to strike fear in somebody walking alone in a dark alley. You can see him and 25 very different Japanese masks on pages 54 thru 56 in Masks of the World by Ibold and Yohn. Why does Hyottoko\u2019s face always look so distorted?\u00a0 According to a description I read, he is blowing fire with a pipe that goes out the side of his mouth. But why does he blow fire? Why is his mask so popular? There is so much to learn about Japan&#8217;s many different masks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7157","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\/7157","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=7157"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7249,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7157\/revisions\/7249"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}