There is a mask called Sambaso to which the face is black, and separates
the jaw. Sambaso is a person who appears in the Okina of the Noh drama.
Sambaso dances with a fan and a bell lightly. He is a role playing a Kyogen
actor.
It is performed, in addition, to pray for success of performance before
Kabuki and the performance of the Japanese puppet theater. It is popular also
among the folk performing arts such as Kagura. The initial Sambaso masks
are distorted compared to the Okina masks.
This study is a purpose to examine the formed background related to
Sambaso.
It's property can be found in the narratives associated with masks.
The mandible to which the Sambaso mask is separated is deeply related
to the death and the revival. The death and revival of Sambaso is expanded
and reproduced to the mountain god, the god of agriculture.
We are able to discover many similarities with grandmother who appears
in Korean traditional mask drama. It is looked at the nature of the gods
murdered. The death of God is connected to the cereals birth myth. We
understand that it is acted as a background forming character of Sambaso.
Furthermore, molding of the contortion of the mask of Sambaso and the
death of God offer the clue of new interpretation of the Korea mask drama.