Amabie, severely cropped
In Japanese mythology, there is a yōkai (spirit or demon) named Amabie (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amabie). This yōkai helps with harvests and if you show its (hers?) picture to those afflicted with disease, the sick person should get better. Amabie has become very popular since the pandemic started and you can see variations of this image in many places (as well as more modern interpretations).
This image is from the Kyoto University Digital Archive of Rare Materials and the source can be found at rmda.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/item/rb00000122.
Severely cropped variant with background elements removed.
See also: www.spoon-tamago.com/2020/03/13/amabie-japanese-epidemic-...
Amabie, severely cropped
In Japanese mythology, there is a yōkai (spirit or demon) named Amabie (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amabie). This yōkai helps with harvests and if you show its (hers?) picture to those afflicted with disease, the sick person should get better. Amabie has become very popular since the pandemic started and you can see variations of this image in many places (as well as more modern interpretations).
This image is from the Kyoto University Digital Archive of Rare Materials and the source can be found at rmda.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/item/rb00000122.
Severely cropped variant with background elements removed.
See also: www.spoon-tamago.com/2020/03/13/amabie-japanese-epidemic-...