Rick Bliss

Oshiguma is a Japanese form of body imprinting. This highly valued art form is created from cloth (often silk) pressed on to a Kabuki actors face at the end of a performance to take the imprint of his makeup. The Kabuki actor peels off the silk to reveal the oshiguma, a perfect mirror image of the actor face make-up in that particular role on that particular day. This procedure is likely to be repeated everyday for a month long run, and when the face imprints are completely dry, the actor signs, dates, and stamps them with his personal seal.

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