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I woke up at 2am and couldn't get back to sleep, so I decided to do a speedpainting to pass the time.
I've been reading a little about Japanese Yokai, so that's most likely where this little creature has come from.
I love the old style isometric perspective that traditional Japanese work sometimes has. This is my very haphazard stab at it. Definitely something I'll want to play with again.
I actually quite like the composition of this one. I might come back to it and finish it to a more polished degree at some stage. I guess it could be a job for the next time 2am wakes me up to bother me again. (Dear 2am, please don't take this as permission to bother me again. Please GO AWAY.)
This was part of a project about different countries and areas that where of particular note to that country.
Yokai, was based on Japanese horror.
In Japanese culture "Byakko", the 'White Tiger' is the Celestial Tiger of the West, King of the Beasts ('Seihō Byakko'), and a supernatural being dwelling in the heavens.
Similar to the "Kitsune" (intelligent foxes that possess paranormal abilities), an ordinary tiger becomes a Byakko after living for 500 years. Once it reaches this great age, its tail turns white and it becomes a "yokai" (a class of supernatural entities and spirits). As a yokai it has the ability to control wind and reign over the other beasts.
Heian Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Kyoto, Japan. The shrine was built here to protect the city from evils where the Imperial Palace was, and still is, located. Byakko, the White Tiger, one of four mythological guardian animals, protects the West. The others are: Blue Dragon (guardian of the East); Vermillion Phoenix (guardian of the South), and; Black Turtle with Snake (guardian of North).
Otoroshi literally means "Frightening!" This yokai is not very well-described - in fact, there is no actual physical description of it, although copious amounts of art exist. The most common painting, somewhat reproduced with this figure, shows an Otoroshi perched on top of a gate, waiting to pounce and devour whomever tries to pass underneath.
Although there is no formal description of the monster, it is traditionally depicted as being covered in shaggy, bramblelike hair, and with a massive, fanged mouth.
Otoroshi are typically portrayed as especially waiting by monastery, temple, or church gates, and eat the impious who try to enter. We could have used one in my old church in California. He would have gotten fat. He would have been our pet.
Roll Call!
Oni - Big demon who isn't a demon, but he's got a club!
Tengu - Bird man with a really big nose!
Kappa - Turtle-monkey who likes to eat people's butts! And is probably based on embellished giant salamander sightings.
Ideally, I should have a one-eyed umbrella in here, too, but these three really are the top yokai as far as recognizability goes - I mean, come on, you can't even make it through Dragon Ball Z without seeing a few oni running around! And so, I decided to pose 'em all together.
"BIG HERO 6" — YOKAI is the masked man behind the terrible tragedy that strikes San Fransokyo, turning Hiro’s world upside down. As a result, Hiro transforms a group of nerds into a team of high-tech crime fighters—“Big Hero 6”—with one mission: Track down Yokai and bring him to justice. ©2014 Disney. All Rights Reserved.
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From the Mizugi Shigeru yokai (Japanese monsters) exhibit at the Osaka Culturarium in Tempozan Harbor.
Tenjoname, the Ceiling-Licker, is an odd lizardlike Yokai clad in strips of paper that licks ceilings. This is what it does. It will lick your ceiling until their is a discolored patch, thus explaining it as a supernatural monster thing, and not the fault of people who don’t clean their house. That stain isn’t water damage, it’s a ghost!
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They are characters from Marcus's favourite manga anime
inuYasha 犬夜叉
SANGO is a yōkai slayer ("yōkai taijiya") who hails from a village of professional yōkai slayers. The only member of InuYasha's group to have no supernatural powers, Sango instead wields the Hiraikotsu, a massive boomerang made of yōkai bones, in addition to a broad repertoire of tools and tricks for battling yōkai. Sango seeks revenge against Naraku for the death of her family and her entire village. In addition, Sango seeks to rescue her brother Kohaku from Naraku's influence and somehow save his life, even though Kohaku's life is tied to the jewel shard embedded in his back. She also eventually falls for Miroku. Although everyone but InuYasha noticed, she never wanted to admit it. Her interest was manifested by hitting Miroku when he flirted with other single women.
KiRARA is Sango's faithful nekomata; light-tan colored fur, with black stripes on each of her two bushy tails near the tip, and black-tipped paws. Also called Kilala (pronounced "Kee-Lah-Lah") in the English dub, but spelled Kirara, because the Japanese language treats "r" and "l" as one phoneme. Kirara can change between two forms, a ferocious yōkai the size of a lion with the ability to fly, and a cute little kitten. Sango, Miroku, and Shippo often use Kirara's flying ability as transportation in order to keep up with InuYasha.
MiROKU A Buddhist "hōshi," or low-ranking, itinerant monk, Miroku traveled the countryside performing services such as exorcisms and yōkai exterminations to earn his living. He suffers from a hereditary curse originally inflicted upon his grandfather Miyatsu (also a Buddhist monk) by Naraku. The curse created a hole in his hand that became a kazaana (air void or "wind tunnel") which sucks in anything not nailed down, regardless of mass. However, absorbing poisons harms him, a fact Naraku takes advantage of by creating highly poisonous insects whose presence prevents Miroku from using his kazāna on Naraku or his allies. Miroku uses the kazāna as a powerful weapon against yōkai, but if the curse is not broken (by defeating Naraku), it will grow too large to control and consume Miroku himself. Miroku is a talented con artist who does not hesitate to invent fictitious supernatural menaces which he can then offer to combat in return for food and shelter, and he has a distinct weakness for pretty single women. He makes a point of asking every attractive woman he meets if she will bear his child, and he habitually strokes the buttocks of attractive women. He also eventually proposes to Sango, though this does little to curb his flirtations with other women.
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my post-surgery, get-weLL-soon present to Marcus
taking pictoors of his toys =]
Title: May Showers
Artist: Johnny Winslow
Size: 9"x12"
Medium: Watercolor, Sumi ink on Paper
Ameonna (rain woman) is a female spirit standing in the rain and licking her hand. She is described as a goddess from China's Mount Wushan, who is a cloud in the morning and rain in the evening. She may be considered a rain-bringer for crops.
Part of the Yokai in Your Eye exhibition at Bear and Bird Gallery in Lauderhill, Florida. For more info, please visit www.bearandbird.com
There are three nearly-identical Tsukumogami Yokai – Nabebozu, Kamagami, AND Narikama! The corrected material will be in bold. Narikama, pictured in the figure above, is a living kettle. He is similar to Nabebozu, who is a living pot, and Kamagami, who is a living rice pot, but entirely distinct. Narikama is “The Ringing Kettle,” a Tsukumogami whose ringing sound signals good fortune.
Nabebozu translates to “The Pot-Head Monk.” This does not mean what you think it means. No, really. Not at all. Stop it. Stop it right now. Stopped? Good. Nabebozu is one of the Tsukumogami – century-old heirlooms that gain a life of their own. This one is unique, though. Most Tsukumogami are simply the object with a face – the umbrella Yokai is just a one-eyed umbrella. The sandal is a sandal. And so on. But Nabebozu has an entire body! He looks like kind of a wild monk, albeit with a flaming cooking pot for a head. There isn’t much info on what he does – most Tsukumogami just sort of mess around in general rather than engage in specific activities. This also looks extremely similar to Kamagami, who has a nearly-identical rice pot on its head. Kamagami wears a fur or rice husk cape (brown) and carries bamboo shoots, whereas Nabebozu carries a staff with kitchen implements tied on it (see below). This above figure carries neither, and his garb is a little shaggy, and the pot could be either dish, but I think it is close enough to the Nabebozu below to count. Kamagami is a helpful little kitchen spirit who summons the gods to provide food ingredients.
So, why a monk? AoBozu is a monk, Umi-Bozu is a monk (A giant sea monster that sinks ships), and there are a whole lot more monks than just those. Why this particular imagery? Well, you have to get out of your western mindset. Yes, Buddhist and Shinto monks and priests are holy men, but they are not treated or thought of in the same way as, say, Catholic priests and monks. For something in pop culture, take the sorta-villainous monk from Princess Mononoke. He was just a guy, monk oaths or not. And there are many examples of holy men who abuse their position, or turn out just as greedy as everybody else. And yet, despite this, they are holy men, so they need to be revered. So seeing the evil monk as a spirit is almost giving form to a complaint or fear. In western terms, think of it as an evil mayor or nobleman. Or an evil priest, since we’ve got those, too.
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This isn’t the first Kappa I've featured, nor is it the last. But this is a public service announcement to remind you that Kappa love cucumbers, and you can fend off an attack by offering it one. See how much he’s enjoying that cucumber?
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The reflection from a mirror or body of water can reveal the identity of shapeshifting yokai (or even possessed people). So what happens when a mirror reachs 100 years of age, and gains a life of its own?
It keeps that power, but also gains the ability to show anybody their life and manipulate them, of course! Ungaikyo - The Cloud Above The Mirror is just such a creature.
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Neko Musme (cat girl) a yokai character poses with tourist on Mizuki Shigeru Road
Yokai are supernatural monsters, spirits, ghosts in Japanese folklore. Neko (猫娘) is a children friendly version of a yokai that was created by Mr. Mizuki.
The late Mizuki Shigeru was a manga artists from Sakaiminato who found fame and fortune with the creation of the Ge-ge-ge no Kitaro series.
Mizuki experienced first hand the horrors of war while serving in the Imperial Army as a foot soldier and became a strong peace advocate. Mr. Mizuki passed away on November 30, 2015 at the age of 93.
Hikigaeru is a toad. As a Yokai, it is actually a shapeshifting toad woman who lives in a palace beneath the lake, and seduces men to drink her blood. There is a western horror movie/part of an anthology very similar to this.
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Kitsune masks. Blank casts will be available starting friday in my shop: missmonster.myshopify.com/
I will also be selling painted versions when i get time to complete a few.
Made these for my own enjoyment. I had been wanting to purchase a kitsune mask online but the really nice carved wood ones were out of my price range.... then i remembered that i make masks, duh.
i wanted to do a mask with less details so they can be finished up in simple bold patterns... more decorative. I think having them simplified will make more possibilities for other people finishing them to add their own style, they are much more of a blank canvas than my other masks. The third eye was added to make sure it had my mark on it and didn't look like a plain old fox mask haha...
Getting the surface to be smooth took such a long time! I think i spent more time on this "simple" mask than i have on any of my other detailed ones.
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.
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Once again the chaotix of man has left astray one of it's own to die to the darkness.
Mighty Golden One takes the lil' man-cub into her arms. She holds him close to her bosom as if he were her own blood..vowing to raise and protect him from the darkest forces of the night. One day he may become a another powerful warrior ..protector of the jungle and beasts. But for now he is safe in his mother's arms..peaceful,sleeping and warm in his mother's stead. Safe from all harms.
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Piece made special for the mighty ; S. Britt !!
Ape and baby by S.Britt ..yokai monsters by tOkKa..CRAYON,colour pencil,magic marker,inks,part of S.Britt Coloring Book,Ph.shop,Fireworks..
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MAB'S DRAW HALLOWEEN CLUB
DAY 21 PROMPT ~ YOKAI
SUBMISSION BY Emma Belanger ~ M
TRICK OR TREAT AND CANDY THIEVES
~ by Emma Belanger ~ M
A GHOST, A WITCH, A BAT, A FAIRY, A CAT! 👻♀️♂️🐱🎃
Little, mischievous cats on Halloween, they will do strange, magical things to get their special treats!
When black cats prowl
And pumpkins gleam,
May luck be yours
On Halloween!
Edited two-part ukiyo-e picture showing a friendly game of Shogi (Japanese chess) being interrupted by Yokai (monsters). Library of Congress image.
Here we have the Nuppeppo, a harmless little lump of flesh. Nuppeppo are lumps of fatty flesh with stubby little limbs. If you look carefully, you can see how its folds barely take the shape of a face, sort of. They really stink, too, and so badly that some theorize the Nuppeppo is actually made of rotting flesh. But other people believe that if you eat one, you will gain eternal youth, so it’s a little from column A, and a little from column B.
Nuppeppo are absolutely harmless and actually do not do anything – they just wander around, or sit around, or more or less exist. A lot of Yokai are like that, too – they just share this world with us, and don’t hold any grudges. Personally, I think that aside from the stench, a Nuppeppo would be a great hugger.
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