A novel titled for these objects contains the entirety of the essay "An Account of the Shrine in the Fields," which was written by a character whose son dies in a mountain climbing accident.
A novel titled for these objects contains the entirety of the essay "An Account of the Shrine in the Fields," which was written by a character whose son dies in a mountain climbing accident. At the end of that novel, Mieko stares at one of these objects, having spent most of the novel trying to manipulate Yasuko into having a son of her own. One of these objects appears in the title of a novel whose anemic protagonist dreams about eating the body of a classmate and, much later, is disappointed to learn that a picture of a (*) knight actually depicts Joan of Arc. Fumiko Enchi's most famous novel is named for these objects, which also partially title a 1949 novel about the closeted homosexual Kochan. For 10 points, identify these objects to which Yukio Mishima attributed some titular "confessions," and which are also used by Noh actors to disguise their faces.
A novel titled for these objects contains the entirety of the essay "An Account of the Shrine in the Fields," which was written by a character whose son dies in a mountain climbing accident.
masks (or kamen; or onnamen; accept Confessions of a Mask or Kamen no Kokuhaku)