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11demonpond

(Source: Cody Poulton, Spirits of Another Sort, 2001)

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Shirayuki (the dragon princess of Demon Pond) as portrayed in the 1991 production of Yashagaike by Hanagumi Shibai. What elements of Kabuki and Noh costuming are used here to reveal her "demonic" character?

(Source: http://www.hanagumi.ne.jp/reki/38.5/index.html)