Oni Mask shishimai and the wine cup bearer

and the wine cup bearer Heishitori

and summoning the gods for rain or a good harvest

and many wrinkles

Traditional Japanese Heishitori Mask

As rice was the main currency in Japan for much of it’s inception

Oni Mask shishimai and the wine cup bearerTraditional Japanese Oni Mask Description Oni () are probably the most common supernatural beings in Japanese cosmology and are depicted as rampaging, violent, and cruel. Almost always depicted with horns, their faces are typically pink, red, or blue grey. Genrally, oni are fearsome supernatural creatures; they have been described as the guardians of Buddhist Hell, demons who serve as torturers there, carrying out the punishments issued by the queen