{"title":"Wood Masks","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"korean-wood-mask-bongsan-meokjoong","title":"Hand Carved Korean Wood Mask: Bongsan Tal Meokjoong Monk","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the mask of Meokjoong, a Buddhist monk who serves the old master, Nojang. Although Maokjoong generally asserts that he is a monk, he is a figure who enjoys style and sexual pleasure while pursuing Buddhist monk. Meokjoong likes women, enjoys singing and dancing, and harassing Nojang in a monk act of Talchum. Talchum is a traditional Korean mask dance play.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Bongsan talchum is one of Korea's most representative mask dances. Composed of seven acts, the Bongsan talchum is an outdoor play (\"madanggeuk\" in Korean) that consists of dance, music and dramatic dialogue. In the madanggeuk, there is no clear distinction between the stage and audience members who intervene freely in the play. This unbounded interaction between the audience and the actors makes the madanggeuk a very unique traditional performing art in Korea as well as throughout the world. The main character of Bongsan talchum is Malttugi, a servant of a yangban (upper-class) family. The yangban class, renegade Buddhist monks, and tyrannical and patriarchal men are mocked and satirized throughout the performance, giving a voice to the difficulties suffered by the commoner class as well as their will for resistance. These are views that were difficult, if not impossible, for them to express in \"real\" life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize: 7.1\"W x 9.4\"H (18 x 24cm)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antique Alive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50592790118640,"sku":null,"price":85.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0815\/4306\/9936\/files\/6-1_d207d371-7a29-466a-80a1-c4f679ed8fdf.jpg?v=1791539922"},{"product_id":"korean-wood-mask-bongsan-nojang","title":"Hand Carved Korean Wood Mask: Bongsan Tal Nojang Monk","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the mask of Nojang, an old Buddhist monk who has devoted his life to prayer. Nojang is a central figure who appears in the apostate monk act of Bongsan Talchum. Talchum is a traditional Korean mask dance play.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Bongsan talchum is one of Korea's most representative mask dances. Composed of seven acts, the Bongsan talchum is an outdoor play (\"madanggeuk\" in Korean) that consists of dance, music and dramatic dialogue. In the madanggeuk, there is no clear distinction between the stage and audience members who intervene freely in the play. This unbounded interaction between the audience and the actors makes the madanggeuk a very unique traditional performing art in Korea as well as throughout the world. The main character of Bongsan talchum is Malttugi, a servant of a yangban (upper-class) family. The yangban class, renegade Buddhist monks, and tyrannical and patriarchal men are mocked and satirized throughout the performance, giving a voice to the difficulties suffered by the commoner class as well as their will for resistance. These are views that were difficult, if not impossible, for them to express in \"real\" life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize: 7.1\"W x 9.4\"H (18 x 24cm)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antique Alive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50592910475504,"sku":null,"price":85.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0815\/4306\/9936\/files\/3-1_f46be277-af31-4fbd-939f-4023879ec53d.jpg?v=1791540502"},{"product_id":"korean-wood-mask-hahoe-yangban","title":"Hand Carved Korean Wood Mask: Hahoe Tal Yangban Smile","description":"\u003cp\u003eHahoe masks (Hahoetal) have been used in Hahoe Tal Chum (Hahoe Mask Dance Drama), one of Korea's most traditional folk plays featuring various allegorical characters, such as Yangan (an arrogant aristocrat), Sonbi (a pedantic scholar), Bune (a flirtatious young woman), Chung (a depraved Buddist monk), Imae (a foolish servant), Baekjung (a coarse butcher), Halmi (an old widow) and more. Hahoe Tal Chum has been performed as a village ritual in Andong area of Gyeongsang-do province since Goryeo Dinasty (918-1392).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYangban Tal (an arrogant aristocrat mask) is a representative of Hahoe Tal (Hahoe mask) considered as the zenith of mask art. Yangban Tal represents the Korean smile and hospitality. Hahoi masks are outstanding in their forms and functions. In particular, masks for Yangban, Seonbi, Chung and Baekjung have a separate jaw like the real jaw to vivify dialogues and smiles. For example, if a performer bends his head back, his mouth is opened wide and looks to smile, and if he bends his head forward, his mouth is closed and looks to get angry. Thus, there is a saying, \"The mask is so spiritual that it smiles as the performer smiles and gets angry as the performer gets angry.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize: 7.9\"W x 11\"H (20 x 28cm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antique Alive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50593175044336,"sku":null,"price":85.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0815\/4306\/9936\/files\/2-3_77a8a46d-2f8e-4c38-ae9f-e43a8cbf6a9e.jpg?v=1791541694"},{"product_id":"korean-wood-mask-bongsan-miyal","title":"Hand Carved Korean Wood Mask: Bongsan Tal Miyal Grandmother","description":"\u003cp\u003eMiyal (Halmi) is the name of the old wife who appears as the leading role in the family story in the second half of Bongsan Talchum. Talchum is a traditional Korean mask dance play. Miyal is a symbol of a wife who was treated coldly during Joseon Dynasty, and gives a very shabby impression from her appearance. However, Miyal's mask dance is very important and wonderful in the play. Miyal's hip dance performed to the fast rhythm is excellent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Bongsan talchum is one of Korea's most representative mask dances. Composed of seven acts, the Bongsan talchum is an outdoor play (\"madanggeuk\" in Korean) that consists of dance, music and dramatic dialogue. In the madanggeuk, there is no clear distinction between the stage and audience members who intervene freely in the play. This unbounded interaction between the audience and the actors makes the madanggeuk a very unique traditional performing art in Korea as well as throughout the world. The main character of Bongsan talchum is Malttugi, a servant of a yangban (upper-class) family. The yangban class, renegade Buddhist monks, and tyrannical and patriarchal men are mocked and satirized throughout the performance, giving a voice to the difficulties suffered by the commoner class as well as their will for resistance. These are views that were difficult, if not impossible, for them to express in \"real\" life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize: 7.1\"W x 9.4\"H (18 x 24cm)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antique Alive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50594112176368,"sku":null,"price":85.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0815\/4306\/9936\/files\/4-1_c067eac6-8749-4fc9-af61-5a7fcaef340a.jpg?v=1791553232"},{"product_id":"wooden-korean-mask-hahoe-yangban","title":"Hand Carved Wooden Korean Man Mask - Hahoe Tal Yangban Smile","description":"\u003cp\u003eHahoe masks (Hahoetal) have been used in Hahoe Tal Chum (Hahoe Mask Dance Drama), one of Korea's most traditional folk plays featuring various allegorical characters, such as Yangan (an arrogant aristocrat), Sonbi (a pedantic scholar), Bune (a flirtatious young woman), Chung (a depraved Buddist monk), Imae (a foolish servant), Baekjung (a coarse butcher), Halmi (an old widow) and more. Hahoe Tal Chum has been performed as a village ritual in Andong area of Gyeongsang-do province since Goryeo Dinasty (918-1392).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYangban Tal (an arrogant aristocrat mask) is a representative of Hahoe Tal (Hahoe mask) considered as the zenith of mask art. Yangban Tal represents the Korean smile and hospitality. Hahoi masks are outstanding in their forms and functions. In particular, masks for Yangban, Seonbi, Chung and Baekjung have a separate jaw like the real jaw to vivify dialogues and smiles. For example, if a performer bends his head back, his mouth is opened wide and looks to smile, and if he bends his head forward, his mouth is closed and looks to get angry. 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She enters as a concubine and singing and dancing girl of Yangban (an arrogant aristocrat) and Sonbi (a pedantic scholar). The lewdness around the outer corners of her eyes and mouth signifies that she is a wanton woman. The crescent-shaped eyebrows mean that she is endowed with the artistic talent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHahoe masks (Hahoetal) have been used in Hahoe Tal Chum (Hahoe Mask Dance Drama), one of Korea's most traditional folk plays featuring various allegorical characters, such as Yangan (an arrogant aristocrat), Sonbi (a pedantic scholar), Bune (a flirtatious young woman), Chung (a depraved Buddist monk), Imae (a foolish servant), Baekjung (a coarse butcher), Halmi (an old widow) and more. 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