... emphasising the creases on the face. The hair is finely drawn in sumi and also helps indicate the transformation from human to demon. The top of the head is painted with the parting and fine hair typically found on a mask of a beautiful woman, but many fine strands of dishevelled hair are drawn around the forehead. The strands of fine hair (associated with the mask of a young woman) double back in to the parting to join up with the main area of hair but stop abruptly in the middle of the forehead. Throbbing veins are also visible on the forehead, indicating the wrath and anger of Hannya. The protuberant ears and jutting chin demonstrate further how far removed from humanity the once human character has now come. The depiction of the transformation from a beautiful woman to the demonic Hannya has been perfectly executed by the skills of ...

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