These wooden masks, used in an ancient form of Japanese theater called Noh, were made to be expressionless. But performers are charged with using slight and subtle movements to reveal the hidden ...

Life Japanese mask maker Daisuke Kumagai turns wrestling motifs into art Wrestling masks add mystery and star power to the spectacle of professional wrestling.

After completing art school, Bidou was taken on as a pupil by master carver Gendou Ogawa, and worked on creating new masks for Noh performers and restoring older masks. Several years later, Bidou ...

The Female Artisans Honoring, and Reinventing, Japanese Noh Masks In taking on the male-dominated theatrical craft, contemporary women carvers are changing the face of a centuries-old tradition.