I can't think of any reason for including in the Blog this photograph of a mask that hangs in our house other than that I like it very much.  I don't know if it has historical significance.  I bought it at a little shop in Nara, Japan... The shop is near Todai-ji, a very big Buddhist temple.  I believe I remember that Todai-ji is the largest temple, perhaps the largest single building of its type in all of Japan.  I was there first in 1969 and again a couple of times over the years between 1969 and 2000.  The mask is a familiar part of my daily life. Perhaps that is the reason I like it.