Note

Oni (Demons) – Tobide
Tobide is the name of the mask which is categorized in “demons”, but practically represent divine spirits, so supernatural beings, who are adored by the people. Tobide means litteraly “protruding eyes” which stare the people, used in the stories “Arashiyama”, “Kamo” and “Kuzu”.


Shime Waki (和 知 七五 三) (1934-2012, born in Ibaraki, Japan), Photographer,
As a photographer of art was very attracted by the Noh masks. After he began to produce the Noh mask as a hobby rather than for the theater in Yokohama, Japan, and showed his works at various national and international exhibitions.