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Hannya
The mask is a mask used in Japanese Noh theater, representing a jealous female demon. It is characterized by two sharp bull-like horns, metallic eyes, and a leering mouth. Etymology is the Sino-Japanese pronunciation of ''bō rě'' (般若), which in turn is the Chinese pronunciation of '' prajñā'' (प्रज्ञा), the Sanskrit word for "wisdom". The word ''prajñā'' was commonly used in forming Buddhist Dharma names, such as Prajñātārā or Prajñāvikrama. This implies that ''hannya'' may be referring to the shortened name of a monk, and not wisdom as an abstract concept. One tradition states the mask is named after an artist monk called , who is said to have perfected its creation. An alternative explanation is that the artist would need a great deal of wisdom in order to create this mask. Characteristics The mask is used in many Noh and plays, as well as in Shinto ritual dances. The mask portrays the souls of women who have become demons due to obse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Han'nya Type Noh Mask, With Inscription Omi Utsu, Edo Period, 1600s-1700s AD, Wood, Polychromy - Tokyo National Museum - Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan - DSC08983
The mask is a mask used in Japanese Noh theater, representing a jealous female demon. It is characterized by two sharp bull-like horns, metallic eyes, and a leering mouth. Etymology is the Sino-Japanese pronunciation of ''bō rě'' (般若), which in turn is the Chinese pronunciation of '' prajñā'' (प्रज्ञा), the Sanskrit word for "wisdom". The word ''prajñā'' was commonly used in forming Buddhist Dharma names, such as Prajñātārā or Prajñāvikrama. This implies that ''hannya'' may be referring to the shortened name of a monk, and not wisdom as an abstract concept. One tradition states the mask is named after an artist monk called , who is said to have perfected its creation. An alternative explanation is that the artist would need a great deal of wisdom in order to create this mask. Characteristics The mask is used in many Noh and plays, as well as in Shinto ritual dances. The mask portrays the souls of women who have become demons due to obses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onibaba (film)
is a 1964 Japanese ''jidaigeki'' film written and directed by Kaneto Shindo. The film is set during a civil war in the fourteenth century. Nobuko Otowa and Jitsuko Yoshimura play two women who kill soldiers to steal their possessions, and Kei Satō plays the man who ultimately comes between them. Plot The film is set somewhere in Japan near Kyoto, in the mid-fourteenth century during a period of civil war. Two fleeing soldiers are ambushed in a large field of tall, thick reeds and murdered by an older woman and her young daughter-in-law. The two women loot the dead soldiers, strip them of their armour and weapons, and drop the bodies in a deep pit hidden in the field. The next day, they take the armor and weapons to a merchant named Ushi and trade them for food. The merchant tells them news of the war, which is driving people across the country to desperation. As they leave, Ushi makes a sexual proposition to the older woman, who rebuffs him. A neighbor named Hachi, who has bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shogun 2
''Total War: Shogun 2'' is a strategy video game developed by Creative Assembly and published by Sega in 2011. It is part of the ''Total War'' series and returns to the 16th-century Japan setting of the first ''Total War'' game, '' Shogun: Total War'', after a series of games set mainly in Europe and the Middle East. ''Shogun 2'' is set in 16th-century feudal Japan The first human inhabitants of the Japanese archipelago have been traced to prehistoric times around 30,000 BC. The Jōmon period, named after its cord-marked pottery, was followed by the Yayoi period in the first millennium BC when new inven ..., in the aftermath of the Ōnin War during the Ashikaga shogunate. The country is fractured into rival clans led by local Daimyō, warlords, each fighting for control. The player takes on the management of one of these clans, with the goal of dominating other factions and establishing rule over Japan. The standard edition of the game features a total of eight factions (p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
