awaotoko　阿波男

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A noh mask *noumen 能面 of the basic emaciated *yaseotoko 痩男 type with features similar to *kawazu 蛙. Used only rarely, as a replacement for kawazu or yaseotoko in plays such as AKOGI 阿漕, it portrays the suffering ghost of a man who has drowned, hence the name awaotoko, which iterally means 'man of the sea-foam'.

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