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"over her face the horribly grinning, death-like mask of a spectre or a vampire. The mask unfastened, falls. And behold! a darling little fairy..." -Madame Crysanthemum 1887 Ah cool, 10 years before 'Dracula', Japanese noh mask (Hannya or other demon?) was already Europe's view of spooky vampires.
May 8, 2025, 3:47 PM
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