Hikimayu

Noh mask with hikimayu

Hikimayu was a Japanese tradition of removing the eyebrows and painting two smudges on the forehead from Nara period to 19th century.

In culture

• Hikimayu is found in The Tale of Genji and The Pillow Book.
• Japanese movie director Akira Kurosawa showed this tradition in his films Rashomon, Ugetsu.

Hikimayu Media

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  A poster for the 1953 film Ugetsu. The woman in the foreground has hikimayu.