Tengu Mask Hanakobu Akujyo You may have seen a

You may have seen a female demon mask or one

Ouashiro and Tamano

making them emblems of persistence

and its design and quality can indicate the value and authenticity of the sword

Tengu Mask Hanakobu Akujyo You may have seen aTraditional 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