Hikimayu

Noh mask with hikimayu

Hikimayu was a Japanese tradtiion 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.