A man wearing a mask appeared on the stage and started to dance. 'Noh' was being played in the precinct. The man had two arrows and a bow in his hands. Yet he didn't release the arrows. He kept dancing while he had the arrows.
I wondered what these arrows meant. In western culture, the combination of an arrow and a bow reminded me Cupid. It sends an arrow of love. The face of a man on the stage was far too horrible for the Japanese Cupid. So I thought what he held in his hand were not arrows of love.
Jul 2007 PEOPLE TOKYO | |
MASK NOH SHINJUKU SHRINE |
No
966
Shooting Date
May 2007
Posted On
July 11, 2007
Modified On
February 8, 2024
Place
Shinjuku, Tokyo
Genre
Street Photography
Camera
CANON EOS 1V