能面 痩男 Noumen Yaseotoko Noh Mask Yase-otoko
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The Yase-otoko mask is used for the ghosts of dead men who have fallen into sufferings of hell. It portrays the fisherman who has landed in hell for the crime of killing fish or the ghost of the hunter who repents of his past misdeed and comes back from the afterworld. This haggard man, who has lost all vitality, has the hollow eyes, sunken cheeks, protruding cheek bones, and thin eyebrows and hairs around the mouth. His eyes are complaining of anguish that he cannot be relieved of even after death. The Yase-otoko mask is used for such plays as “Kayo Komachi,” “Fujito,” and “Utou.” It is always used with the Kuro-kashira mask, which represent a ghost. The extreme expression of this category is the Kawazu mask.
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- Noh Mask Yase-otoko