Japanese Wooden Mask 'Shiata' Silver cotton-rich fabric

cotton-rich fabric

A dragon coils the full width of this open silver band

The slight tilt of the head gives the wolf a watchful

a traditional symbol of resilience and renewal

fluid drape that never stiffens

Japanese Wooden Mask 'Shiata' Silver cotton-rich fabricJapanese Wooden Mask 'Shiata' Hand Carved Traditional Folk Design Wooden mask carving is a Japanese craft with over a thousand years of continuous practice from the Buddhist temple masks of the Nara period to the refined pieces of Noh theater to the village folk masks of regional matsuri. Each regional tradition developed its own style, its own tools, its own approach to rendering character in wood. The Shiata honors that long lineage with a piece