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a long-nosed mountain demon who somehow became Japan's patron saint of swordsmanship.
originstarted as a dog-faced meteor in Chinese legend
the nosered and absurdly long, symbolizing arrogance
sword masterlegend says it taught samurai Minamoto Yoshitsune to fight
two typesbird-beaked karasu and humanlike daitengu
festival facesits mask still haunts Japanese parades today