Korobase Mask daruma The movements and gestures of

The movements and gestures of the performers were also highly ritualized and symbolic

Heishitori (瓶子取) is one of the characters in the Bugaku (舞楽) performance "Dance of the Virtuous Barbarians"

character engaged in the task of washing diapers

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The Namahage carry wooden knives and buckets

Korobase Mask daruma The movements and gestures ofJapanese Korobase Mask Description Korobase ( ) depicts cranes in Bugaku, an official court dance of Japan, dating as far back as 500 C. E. In the Heian period, nearly all ceremonies and festivals included a Bugaku dance. These dances were important in appeasing the gods, purifying the village, and summoning the gods for rain or a good harvest. The Korobase dance, also called Tsurumai (Crane Dance), is a slow, quiet dance involving four dancers in