The Japanese demonaTengu $mask – in the Buddhist and Shinto traditions of China, and then Japan, powerful spirits of mountains and forests, a kind of analogue of the European goblin or goblin. Initially, the Tengu was depicted as a winged fox, but quickly acquired a human appearance with bird—like features - a beak, a long nose and wings. Faith in Tangu was so strong that even in 1860, the Japanese government sent them an official petition to liberate the provinces through which the shogun was passing.🎭