The oni is almost always shown with horns. Their varied faces similar to noh masks are typically pink, red, or blue-grey. Guardians of Buddhist hell, demons who carry out the punishment given by the queen of hell to the souls that find themselves being judged for the evil deeds in life.The gods of wind (Fujin)(Raijin) that loom ominously atop a summit of clouds are usually depicted as oni, showing that oni are not evil, but carry out duties & deeds given them by powerful deities
