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This figure is produced by Kaiyodo and also includes its own rooftop diorama piece, as seen in other photographs of the figure.
Greek mythology has the Chimera, a creature with the head and body of a lion, a second head of a goat, and a serpent tail (with its own head). Iraq (Persia) has the Manticore, a creature with the body of a lion, the face of a man, the wings of an eagle, and the tail of a scorpion. The Nue is often called “The Japanese Chimera,” though the only connection is its mix-and-match nature. Nue vary from creature to creature and account to account, but most often they have the body of a tiger, the face of a snow monkey, and a snake’s tail – with its own snake head, too. They make bird cries as they fly in the night, concealed within dark clouds of their own making. The Nue is also one of the oldest recorded Yokai, with descriptions and legends strethcing back well over eleven hundred years ago.
The Nue are truly terrible and dangerous. When they appear, they create nightmares, spread curses, and people die. One famous story from AD 1153 involves the emperor himself falling deeply ill under both physical and spiritual ailments, as well as nightmares. One night when a storm struck the imperial palace and set the roof on fire, the samurai Minamoto realized that it was a creature, and he fired an arrow directly into the center of the storm’s black cloud. This killed the Nue, who fell dead to the ground. To avoid its death curse, the inhabitants of Kyoto sent its body to the village of Ashiya, which gave it a proper burial. A nd you can actually visit the mound today, though I doubt anybody will let you dig and excavate the Nue’s body.
Nichibunken ukiyo-e print of many bakemono/yokai. A rather outre image from Yoshitoshi. I'm fond of the tea pot monster at the lower-left...
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"I will devour you."
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A truly terrifying spirit, and the largest of the bottle cap figures, Oboroguruma is the ghost of someone who died in a traffic accident. It manifests itself as a haunted cart (carts. Not cars. This thing is pre-automobile) with a massive grinning face, and drives recklessly over secluded country roads. It can also carry other Yokai from place to place.
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The beast shows itself in a number of ways, but above all else, it seems intent on making a lasting first impression. My boss warned me that the texts that, he believes, reference the Malicious Maw/Lickypede/Lickyface/ That Lickyfaced Bastard often mention its delight in eldrichly entertaining entrances.
Sadly, it is thanks to this entrance that I was a bit too overwhelmed to take pictures of its immediate entrance. I hope that my explanations with the following pictures in this album will help explain myself on that matter.
While my benefactor has put me through a number of trials and rituals to keep myself relatively... alive in the event of an eldritch incident, the volunteer that I had been sent with seemed to be lacking in these countermeasures. I am beginning to believe this with on purpose, as my benefactor was clearly more distressed by my lack of photo evidence for what I am about to describe than my returning without my.. partner? Charge?... Sacrifice?
Whatever they were, their final moments will be left scarred on my memory, so no fear in us losing that piece of journalistic gold!
At first, I had thought their cough merely a result of an addiction to cigarettes and the recent legalization of recreational weed. I especially considered the latter when it started picking up as we hunted through the foggy bog for the beast.
They complained of visions, of whispers that I could not hear. The game of 'what would you do if you were x supernatural' that we picked up to ease their concerns further cut short as we heard something slithering. Something wet.
Certain it was a beast caught in the bog, more concerned with freedom than us, I was intent on moving on. The lost buddy of mine was more concerned with the inky, black phlegm they were coughing up, which they claimed tasted of gasoline.
Worse, as they tried to cover their mouth is seemed their arm wanted to fight them. The hand was headed for their lips, only for tremors to be seen in their fingers and palm. That hand of their's tuck in the air, I saw a solid mass in each finger begin to pull away. As the skin began to pull from the mass and hang, hollowed like a loose glove, I realized it was the finger bones, and who knows what else, pulling away from the dermis.
I feel I should have reconsidered the contract Doc made me sign...
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Ironwood Hills, Lost Boys
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Shape by Me
Skin: + Fallen Gods Inc + Obsydian, Red Elemental, Shaved
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+ Aii + DreamWeaver (Rage) // Copied and Cobbled into the void in his head.
Hair: Magicka Things
Head: DRD / Death Row Designs | Faces Of Death / F.O.D | Blind Venomous Carnage
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Ro / Remarkable Oblivion - Azrael Bone Wings - Red
Ro / Remarkable Oblivion - Broken Heart Necklace
- Cobbled and Copied by me over Torso and Arms -
+ Aii + DreamWeaver's Eye (Dream)
[ni.Ju] Cheeky Chompers
Yellow JesteR - Jeepers Peepers
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+ Aii + Sinner Hands
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+ Aii + Gluttonous Orifice
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+ Aii + Centipede Body
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Tamagosenbei Purple Eye Yokai Pet
[ The Forge ] Witcher Headpiece, Gold
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.aisling. Fangarth Necklace
.aisling. Ragun
DRD / Death Row Designs | Zombie Apoc - Zombie Arm
PFC / Pucca FireCaster creations ~ Bones - Choker
Yōkai, or Japanese demon, from a scroll. The snow woman yōkai - if you're in Japan on a snowy night and a woman in summer clothes wants to come in, think twice.
Image source: Wikipedia (cropped by uploaded to Wikipedia)
Information on Yōkai: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%8Dkai
(Ink on paper, 2008)
Here is the second & final piece I did for the "Yokai In Your Eye" show @ Bear & Bird Gallery on June 14th.
It is based on the character Baku. Here is the explanation:
Baku are Japanese supernatural beings that devour dreams and nightmares. They have a long history in Japanese folklore and art, and more recently have appeared in Japanese anime and manga. The Japanese term "baku" has two current meanings, referring to both the traditional dream-devouring creature and to the zoological tapir (e.g., the Malaysian tapir). The traditional Japanese nightmare-devouring baku originates in Chinese folklore and was familiar in Japan as early as the Muromachi period (14th-15th century).
Inktober - Crystal.
First day of the Inktober 2021. This year I'm drawing yokai, and as you might know yokai are supernatural entities and spirits in Japanese folklore, known from manga, movies, and art. There are probably thousands of different yokai, here are just a few.
First one is Tetsu (Tatsu), Japanese dragon, and this one here guards his treasure.
Inktober is about ink, but this one got watercolor and acryl as well.
Betobeto-San is a special kind of Yokai - absolutely invisible, he can only be detected byt eh pitter-patter of his feet as he follows behind you. He will leave if you ask nicely, however.
Hokusai manga of a very interesting party. Two of the participants are women with very long necks (a type of yokai in Japan called Rokurokubi) and a three-eyed smiling individual in front of a pot of coal. The image from Wikipedia was of two pages from a collection of Hokusai manga - I edited them and created a single image from the two. A very cursory search didn't turn anything up for the gentleman with three eyes in terms of nomenclature...
Film photography series.
Zenit-E, Helios 44-2, Kodak Vision 2 500T.
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Yōkai, or Japanese demon, from a scroll.
Image source: Wikipedia (cropped by uploaded to Wikipedia)
Information on Yōkai: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%8Dkai
A rather vicious Tsukumogami (an everyday object that has come to life – remember the other articles?), Ittan-Momen is nothing more than a strip of cotton which would otherwise be used in making clothes. Ittan-Momen flies through the air, looking for victims to smother or strangle. It is responsible for many otherwise unexplained suffocation deaths… so this eans your Uncle Fred didn’t accidentally choke himself on a bedsheet while drunk. It was a ghost! Wow, that got morbid real fast.
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From the Mizugi Shigeru yokai (Japanese monsters) exhibit at the Osaka Culturarium in Tempozan Harbor.
Tesso is the Iron Rat Demon, or the Iron Rat Monk. Like several other Yokai, he is the undead spirit of a holy man – but it’s not what you think! His name was Raigo, and he is based on real historical events (up to a point. EVerything before the rats, really). Once upon a time (in the Heian era), Emperor Shirakawa desperately needed a son, and so he asked Raigo the monk to pray for him – if the emperor had a son, then he would grant any one thing Raigo asked for, no matter what. So, Raigo fervently prayed and meditated day and night, and the day came when the emperor’s son was born, and he was overjoyed! So he approached Raigo and told him to name his wish, and it would be granted. Raigo wished for a monastery – his own monastery so he could train new monks and spread holiness.
However, there were three things in the world that the emperor could not control: The winds, the roll of the dice, and those evil, rebellions Enriyaku-ji monks in the mountains! The Enriyaku-ji monks are another story entirely – their history includes everything from burning down rival monasteries to working for the Yakuza – but anyway! The Enriyaku-ji hated Raigo, and did not want him to build his monastery. So they plotted, schemed, bribed, lied, and did everything in their power to stop him, and succeeded so well that not even the Emperor could build that monastery!
Raigo was understandably angry, but also powerless, and even though the emperor tried to help him as much as he could, Raigo was so enraged that he went on a hunger strike until his monastery could be built! The Enriyaku-ji were quite pleased with this, of course, and continued to block it until poor old Raigo starved to death. But because he had been so angry and vengeful when he died, and because he had been wronged so badly, he was immediately reborn as Tesso, a rat-shaped demon the size of a man, with iron fangs and claws. Tesso gathered his army of rats and invaded the Enriyaku-ji temple, wrecking the place, killing monks, and destroying all their books, scrolls, artifacts, and relics, thoroughly punishing those wicked monks for what they did. And you know, they say that Tesso still haunts the area to this day, taking out his centuries-old rage on travellers and holy men.
I guess the moral of this story is that church building fundraisers have never changed.
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As a kid back in the 70’s, each week watching this “Yokai Ningen Bem” was one of the most important parts of my life.
Originally aired in 1968 by Fuji TV but I was too young then and I first saw the show as reruns around in 1973.
Those human-like yokai monsters, Bem (Kind of fatherly figure or big brother), Bera (motherly figure then again big sister) and Bero (little boy or little brother) fought many bad spirits and monsters each week and they all turned to their real form when fighting but what they really wanted was to become a real human and I was wondering why as I thought they are just great as is.
Unfortunately I don’t have Bem in monster form but I will look for one later for sure to complete the set. Human form Bem is 3.7 inches tall.
Submission for the "Where We Go" category.
This photo was taken in the busy MARC (passenger rail station) underpass in Odenton, MD. Many people walk through this tunnel every day and probably don't realize how spooky it looks to others. I like to photograph places frequented by many in a way that makes it look foreign or unidentifiable.
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The SPOOKY pedestrian underpass in Odenton, MD. Makes me feel as though I'm in a Japanese horror movie...a Yokai heaven!
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Yes, they do this when you're not at home.
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And so, spiders. There are lots of spider Yokai out there, from the Jorogumo lady to the Ushii-Oni ox. But Tsuchigumo is its own creature, patterned after the beefy Purseweb Spiders.
Tsuchigumo is actually an ethnic slur against Japan’s indigeneous people – “dirt spider” – and the term preexisted the monster, though thankfully the Yokai has mostly managed to displace its original use. As a monster, it is a gigantic house-sized spider with shapeshifting abilities. One famous story involves a samurai defeating a Tsuchigumo and cutting it open, only to find hundreds of skulls and other human remains spilling out of its carcass. Take that, arachnophobia!
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