Noh mask Heita

The Heita mask is said to portray a warrior of the Kamakura period (1185 - 1333) named Egara no Heita Tanenaga. It has an indomitable face with a dark suntanned complexion and upward slanting eyebrows and a mustache. The mask is worn by a warrior’s ghost, who narrates his heroic exploits of bygone days.