Don't most of the Noh masks have the eyebrows go thicker from the outside to thinner on the middle of the face? (Not to mention really high on the forehead.)
As to the nouveau riche thing, it's a common trope in samurai drama for the merchants to be boorish social climbers, giving themselves airs and trying to buy or marry their way into the samurai class. Watch "Double Suicide," based on Chikamatsu's "Love Suicides at Anjima," for a perfect example. (There's a copy on the shelf next to Onmyouji I & II.)
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Date: 7 Dec 2008 06:19 am (UTC)(But not like this.)
As to the nouveau riche thing, it's a common trope in samurai drama for the merchants to be boorish social climbers, giving themselves airs and trying to buy or marry their way into the samurai class. Watch "Double Suicide," based on Chikamatsu's "Love Suicides at Anjima," for a perfect example. (There's a copy on the shelf next to Onmyouji I & II.)