{"id":9891,"date":"2020-10-31T21:21:33","date_gmt":"2020-10-31T21:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/?p=9891"},"modified":"2020-10-31T21:35:10","modified_gmt":"2020-10-31T21:35:10","slug":"old-kitsune-mask-from-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/old-kitsune-mask-from-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Kitsune mask from Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_9893\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9893\" style=\"width: 229px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kitsune_mask_Edo_period.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kitsune_mask_Edo_period-229x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kitsune_mask_Edo_period-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kitsune_mask_Edo_period-783x1024.jpg 783w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kitsune_mask_Edo_period-768x1004.jpg 768w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kitsune_mask_Edo_period-1174x1536.jpg 1174w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kitsune_mask_Edo_period-1140x1491.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kitsune_mask_Edo_period-600x785.jpg 600w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Kitsune_mask_Edo_period.jpg 1364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9893\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carved by Horo, circa 1725<\/figcaption><\/figure>Kitsune is a mask of a fox. It has meaning in religion and folk tradition. In Japanese culture foxes have a contradictory behavior. They can be good or evil, depending on the situation. Some of the Japanese Kitsune can be used for Noh, Ky\u014dgen, Shinto and Kagura performances. Noh is classical Japanese musical drama based on tales from traditional literature performed since the 14th century. Ky\u014dgen is a form of traditional Japanese comic performance in the theater. It was performed as an intermission between Noh acts. Shinto is an ethnic religion in Japan, and it focuses on ritual practices. Kagura is a type of Shinto theatrical dance.<\/p>\n<p>The first Kitsune is authentic, as you can tell. The second is a sideview of a different one showing you the fox&#8217;s muzzle from a better angle. Look for our mask titled &#8220;Japanese fox mask with moving jaw,&#8221; which is on this website (archived September 19, 2018). For value, both of these examples are old, used and would easily get an A.  Bob, 1789 <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/aaaMystrySolvd-1444d.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.masksoftheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/aaaMystrySolvd-1444d-216x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/aaaMystrySolvd-1444d-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/aaaMystrySolvd-1444d-737x1024.jpg 737w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/aaaMystrySolvd-1444d-768x1068.jpg 768w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/aaaMystrySolvd-1444d-600x834.jpg 600w, https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/aaaMystrySolvd-1444d.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kitsune is a mask of a fox. It has meaning in religion and folk tradition. In Japanese culture foxes have a contradictory behavior. They can be good or evil, depending on the situation. Some of the Japanese Kitsune can be used for Noh, Ky\u014dgen, Shinto and Kagura performances. Noh is classical Japanese musical drama based on tales from traditional literature performed since the 14th century. Ky\u014dgen is a form of traditional Japanese comic performance in the theater. It was performed as an intermission between Noh acts. Shinto is an ethnic religion in Japan, and it focuses on ritual practices. Kagura is a type of Shinto theatrical dance. The first Kitsune is authentic, as you can tell. The second is a sideview of a different one showing you the fox&#8217;s muzzle from a better angle. Look for our mask titled &#8220;Japanese fox mask with moving jaw,&#8221; which is on this website (archived September 19, 2018). For value, both of these examples are old, used and would easily get an A. Bob, 1789<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9891","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\/9891","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=9891"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9900,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9891\/revisions\/9900"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masksoftheworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}