A noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a young man of noble birth. Very similar to *chūjō 中将, it bears the refined features of a well-bred, sensitive man. The eyes look down, and furrows above the nose bridge evoke a melancholy nature. A black rim at the top of the mask indicates the base of a courtier's cap and parallel horizontal side hairs suggest hair pulled back and bound in samurai 侍 style. Different from chūjō in that the eyebrows are set higher and that the cheeks bear clear muscle indentations. Used in a wide variety of young men's roles particularly by the Kanze 観世 school: for the ghost of Ariwara no Narihira 在原業平 in Urin'in 雲林院 or of Ono no Yorikaze 小野頼風 in Ominameshi 女郎花, and sometimes also for gentle Heike 平家 courtier-warriors, as in Kiyotsune 清常 or Tadanori 忠度. Mask type attributed to Yasha 夜叉 (14th century; see *jissaku 十作).