Aesthetic Comparison Of Chinese And Japanese Mask Art

From the research of ghosts and gods mask, this paper compares Chinese and Japanese mask art, using analytical method, comparison method, classification, grounds of argument, demonstration, cites and so on, throws a sprat to catch a whale.China and Japan are near neighbours, which influence each other in the culture and art fields. In the ancient, Japanese culture is influenced by Chinese culture in many fields. Japan is a large mask country. It is famous for mask's various sorts and polish medium, especially the nou mask that is regarded as priceless artworks. Some people consciously founds the association, every body study the medium of making mask there, nou mask becomes the outstanding of Japanese mask art.Mask art is even more a huge treasure-house in China and plays a decisive role in the world. In the endless historical course, with the development of social economy, nuo mask has gradually been forgotten in Chinese people's life. Mask art research drops behind that of Japan for a time.However, great upsurge of nuo art research, especially nuo mask art research, has made in the sphere of learning in the recent years. In the text of "Japanese Mask Art", Mr. Yu Daxi mentions that "Neng" pronounces "nou". It is close to the pronunciation of Chinese character "Nuo" and this indicates the closer connection between them. In the "Chinese Mask History", mask authoritative person, Mr. Gu Puguang refers to that Japan is famous for its mask culture, In its rich and colorful masks, there are Earth mask^ Shell mask^ Geisha Music mask^ Orchestic Music mask> Tao mas^ Seek Nuo mas^ Ape Music mas^ Nou mask> Fantastic mask^ Godly Music mask and so on. Among them, mask belongs to "loanword ". They have the closer relation with Chinese mask. As near neighbor, China and Japan have such intimate connection in the mask field, and they have the great influence in the early stage. What kind of change and development will happen in modern times? Therefore, we should view Chinese and Japanese mask art in a developing look and laterally compare and classify them. Making a thorough inquiry of their history and probing into their development, thus, we can find their similarities and differences, realize their developing tendency. This could give us a forceful support to mask art research.Chinese Nuo mask distributes vast in territory and has a great variety. There are lots of different schools in Japanese Nuo mask;each of them has their representation. In view of them, this paper gives the ghosts and gods' mask an example , dissertates Chinese and Japanese mask, in order to getclear presentation and systematic comparative result. Thereby, people could well understand mask art and know their artistic charm.