{"title":"Furyu Masks (Furyu-men) — Hand-carved Oni Masks of Saga","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"furyu-mask-a-female-oni-camphor-sugicho","title":"Furyu Mask \"A\" (Female Oni) - Hand-carved Camphor by Sugicho of Saga","description":"\u003cp\u003eA \u003cem\u003efuryū-men\u003c\/em\u003e — the horned oni mask of \u003cem\u003emen-buryū\u003c\/em\u003e, the masked drum dance of southwestern Saga. This is the \u003cstrong\u003ea\u003c\/strong\u003e face, the female of the pair: the mouth open wide with the tongue put out, the eyes swept upward, the furrows of the forehead streaming up with them, and the horns kept short.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarved by hand at Sugicho in Kashima, Saga, from camphor — the tree of the prefecture — and finished with a clear coat and nothing else. Around Kashima the lacquer is deliberately left off. Lacquer, the workshop says, makes a mask look no different from moulded plastic, and you stop being able to feel the weight of the wood. Left plain you get the grain, the scent of the camphor, and a colour that goes on deepening for years. Every mask is cut from a different block, so no two of them come out the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe oni of this dance is not the one you throw beans at. It fights the gods at the shrine, loses, changes heart, and comes down into the villages as the god's messenger, carrying fortune from house to house. Masks like this are hung at home as a guard on the house.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaker\u003c\/strong\u003e — Sugicho (杉彫), Kashima, Saga. The carving name Keiun has passed down five generations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial\u003c\/strong\u003e — camphor (\u003cem\u003ekusu\u003c\/em\u003e), the tree of Saga Prefecture. Plain wood with a clear coat only — no lacquer.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFinish\u003c\/strong\u003e — cut and finished with chisels alone. No sandpaper is used anywhere in the work.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCarved to order\u003c\/strong\u003e — the workshop asks one to three months.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFuryū-men are traditionally carved and displayed as a pair, \u003cem\u003ea\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eun\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/furyu-men\"\u003eAbout furyū-men, the dance and the workshop →\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"杉彫 (Sugicho)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43764128022641,"sku":"Sug-FM-A","price":1650.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0692\/4402\/6993\/files\/7b60b42504b518c0bbcc1c63be82180a.jpg?v=1785391512"},{"product_id":"furyu-mask-un-male-oni-camphor-sugicho","title":"Furyu Mask \"Un\" (Male Oni) - Hand-carved Camphor by Sugicho of Saga","description":"\u003cp\u003eA \u003cem\u003efuryū-men\u003c\/em\u003e — the horned oni mask of \u003cem\u003emen-buryū\u003c\/em\u003e, the masked drum dance of southwestern Saga. This is the \u003cstrong\u003eun\u003c\/strong\u003e face, the male of the pair: the mouth closed and held, the eyeballs large and round, the forehead gathered into knotted furrows, and the horns running long.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarved by hand at Sugicho in Kashima, Saga, from camphor — the tree of the prefecture — and finished with a clear coat and nothing else. Around Kashima the lacquer is deliberately left off. Lacquer, the workshop says, makes a mask look no different from moulded plastic, and you stop being able to feel the weight of the wood. Left plain you get the grain, the scent of the camphor, and a colour that goes on deepening for years. Every mask is cut from a different block, so no two of them come out the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe oni of this dance is not the one you throw beans at. It fights the gods at the shrine, loses, changes heart, and comes down into the villages as the god's messenger, carrying fortune from house to house. 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