Noh Masks
As Noh is an art form that utilizes masks, there is a great variety of them. There were originally about 60 basic types of Noh masks, but today there are well over 200 different kinds in use.
Covering the face with a mask is much like wearing makeup. However, Noh performers feel that the noh mask has a certain power inherent in it which makes it much more spiritual than a prop used to change ones appearance.
Taking into account the status of a certain noh, the noh performer will carefully choose a noh mask, known also as a noh-men or omote. In most cases, the exact mask is not predetermined, but depending on which noh is being done, the shite has a variety to choose from. In the end, it is up to theshite to make the final determination
Masks are only worn by the main character, his/her mask would stylise the person it represents and show them in a truer light than reality could do by depicting only the absolutely essential traits of character. There are five categories of Noh masks: gods, demons, men, women and the elderly.
There are many types of Noh Masks here are some of them below in this picture:
The urban legend
People believe that the masks absorb emotions from the person who wears the mask.
After persuading the owner to wear the mask, Noh Mask then control and consume the negative aura until the owner begins to rot. Even creepier, Noh Mask switches the body once the owner is dead but it doesn’t leave the corpse behind. In fact, it sticks the old body onto the new body, which makes it one of the most dangeros Japanese urban legends out there to this day.
After persuading the owner to wear the mask, Noh Mask then control and consume the negative aura until the owner begins to rot. Even creepier, Noh Mask switches the body once the owner is dead but it doesn’t leave the corpse behind. In fact, it sticks the old body onto the new body, which makes it one of the most dangeros Japanese urban legends out there to this day.
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