Japanese Folk Mask Pin

Japanese Folk Mask Pins

Each Folk Mask Pin is inspired by Japanese fairy tales and the masks worn during the traditional Kirin Lion Dance Parade (麒麟獅子舞) in the Gongen Matsuri (Gongen Festival) held in Tottori. The role of the Nuke in the Kirin Lion dance parade is to stand ahead of the apes in the Kirin Lion Dance Parade to widen the path as alleyways were much narrower than they are now. The Leather Mask Pins are handmade by Kodai Asakura, half of the husband and wife unit Ko-ma workshop. Designed after the turmeric-coloured cotton hood that those who played the role of the Nuke in the Gongen Festival would wear.