MAGIC MASK:
The most remarkable magical function of masks is its use for ritual praying for good harvest. Compared to nomadic peoples who move around for hunting or grazing, agricultural peoples who live a settled life have richer mask tradition. In particular, magical agricultural ceremonies were more frequent when the level of technology was low and harvest depended on natural condition, and such traditions are still found everywhere. The styles of agricultural ritual were quite diverse but many of them presented divinities and spirits that brought good harvest using masks.

The second most frequent magical function of masks is exorcism to expel evil spirits. Masks are used not only for believing and worshiping sacred beings but also for threatening and expelling detestable beings such as evil spirits. Masks used in exorcism have extremely threatening looks.

 
 
 

SACRED MASK:
Sacred masks are enshrined in temples or shrines and worshipped. In addition, divinities in mask worshipped are also a kind of sacred masks.

  
 
 
MEDICAL MASK:
There are two kinds of medical masks. One is masks to call protective powers from which health comes, and the other is those to be able to defeat evil spirits that cause diseases. Masks used in exorcism to heal diseases are a kind of medical masks. Eui, which is the old character of medicine, indicates a shaman who holds a weapon like an arrow to defeat disease-causing evil spirits.
  		 
 
 

COMMEMORATION MASK:
Commemoration masks are to pay a tribute to dead persons and to extol the soul of dead persons.

SOUL MASK:
Soul masks are personalized beings of dead persons.

  
 
 
FUNERAL MASK:
Funeral masks have several functions such as protecting dead persons from
evil spirits, preventing the original look from being destroyed so that the
souls of dead persons do not wonder endlessly in the other world, and
representing dead persons in funerals.
  
 
 
COMMING OF AGE MASK:
Coming of age masks are used in coming-of-age ceremonies. In coming-of-ageceremonies, the presiders wore a mask. In some regions, young people who had just finished the coming-of-age ceremony put on a mask that indicated their new roles.