Tengu Mask Tanabe Seisuke Artist/Carver: Kiyomi Yokota

Artist/Carver: Kiyomi Yokota

used in an annual event in the Imperial Palace on New Year's Eve (December 30 (old calendar))

the God of sake/brewing

Omoikane (思兼 or 思金) is the Shinto god of wisdom and intelligence

Tengu Mask Tanabe Seisuke Artist/Carver: Kiyomi YokotaTraditional Iron Japanese Tengu Mask Description Tengu (, "heavenly dog") are a type of legendary creature found in Japanese folk religion and are also considered a type of Shinto god (kami) or ykai (supernatural beings). They are mountain dwellers who despise and attack vain and self involved individuals. Tengu usually appear dressed in the robes of a Buddhist monk with the small black cap favored by a clan of warrior mountain monks called the