The performance entails a skit enacting the visit of barbarians to the house of a native (Japanese)
Usofuki is also used to represent insects and small animals in the plays
Chikyu (地久) is one of the characters in the Bugaku (舞楽) performance "Hira mai"
Sanju (散手) is one of the characters in the Bugaku (舞楽) performance "Dance of the Virtuous Barbarians"
the barbarians rise and begin to dance
Korobase Mask Karura The performance entails a skitJapanese 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