I think it is called "kabuki".
Masks are generally exaggerated because they were once used in Japanese Kabuki theatre. The masks were used in theatre to display the emotions of the characters.
They are made of Japanese cypress wood.
There are two theatre masks a happy face and a sad face. Overall theatres make hundreds of masks to suit the differant charactors.
Japanese masks are very colorful. These masks have a lot of red and gold on them. They are shiny and have ribbons hanging from them.
Actors would use theatre's masks. Brown for men and white for women because women were not allowed to be actors. The masks had simple faces happy for comedic theatre shows and sad for tragic theatre masks.
masks
Japanese masks are inherently Japanese.
Japanese Samurai masks served as a type of facial armor. There were four types of Samurai masks, the Menpo, Hanbo, Happuri, and the Somen.
786 bc
The purpose of masks in Greek theatre was so that the audience could see the characters' faces from far away. The masks represented characters from history and mythology, who would be familiar to the audience.
Most Japanese masks are made out of porcelain. It is because porcelain is a very shiny material.
TO make you feel emotional