嘯うそふき

noun

usofuki; kyogen mask with bulging eyes and pursed lips

A specific Noh/kyogen mask characterized by exaggerated, bulging eyes and tightly pursed lips, as if whistling. Used in comedic interludes.

• 狂きょう言げんで使つかわれる嘯うそふきの面めんは、口くちをすぼめた滑こっ稽けいな表ひょう情じょうが特とく徴ちょうだ。

  The usofuki mask used in kyogen is characterized by a comical expression with pursed lips.

• 能のう楽がく堂どうの展てん示じで、江え戸ど時じ代だいの嘯うそふきの面めんを見みた。

  At the Noh theater exhibition, I saw an Edo-period usofuki mask.