These performances continued until 1856, when a major fire at the shrine destroyed most of the expensive Noh masks and props.

Consequently, the masks of kyōgen are less numerous in variety than Noh masks.

Noh masks are used in the Japanese musical drama since the 14th century.

Initially Bidou created many of the traditional Noh masks.

I put a splayed hand to my face and mimed taking off a Noh mask with a flourish.

Her Noh mask is relatively simple, with a curled spiral between the eyes.

He has several Noh masks, some from the 15th century, made for actors of classical Japanese drama.

That was when the blank look had slid over Nichiren's face like a Noh mask.

These faces imitated the Noh masks of women and young boys.

The two then find all the missing food dumped in the woods, along with the Noh mask and now bloodied cleaver.