Kagekiyo woodcarving

Taira no Kagekiyo was a great soldier of the Heike clan who was defeated by the Genji clan and exiled to the western region as a prisoner. Kagekiyo stabbed himself in the eyes and went blind so as not to see how the rival clan Genji flourished, later he went into exile and became a priest. Depending on the school, masks with different expressions are used. The schools of Hōshō, Kita and Konparu use what look like warriors, with a mustache and beard, while Kanze and Kongō wear the kind-looking ones, without a mustache or beard.