Warai-jô (laughing old man): used for a variety of old man roles. Also known as Sankô-jô (Sankôbô's old man) after a famous late-15th century mask-maker who first created this type of mask. It can be used to project good-natured benevolence, and so is used to portray a kami who appears in the first half of a God Noh, as an old man similar to Okina (see the kami from Takasago below). It can also be used to project a feeling of physical suffering, and so is appropriate for use in the first half of a play like Tadanori, where the warrior ghost of Tadanori appears initially as a poor old man.

The Sumiyoshi Kami, who appears as an old man taking care of the shrine in the first half of Takasago.