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Yokai (supernatural beings) talk with Japanese folklore scholar Zack Davisson. He explains: 1) Yokai origins 2) Yokai evolution
It turns out original yokai Uwabami (serpent) came from India and Kitsune (fox) came from China. Mr. Davisson went on to explain the yokai culture almost disappeared during the Edo period when Japan underwent rapid modernization but was revived by the late manga artist, Shigeru Mizuki.
New yokai are invented all the time as old ones become soften. Illustrating this point is the current depiction of the once fearsome Kappa shown on screen as a cute green character.
Folklore on Kappa: hyakumonogatari.com/2012/01/25/kappa-to-shirikodama-kappa...
This is a Tsurube-otoshi from the Kinki-chihou area. It lurks in the tops of trees and drops down on unsuspecting humans.
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More or less completed! He is fitted for my face but not really wearable as there are no breathing holes and it's a little heavy (3 lbs). The mane is made from wool that i dyed and shaped. The teeth will get a satin sheen.
I'm really happy with this and will be making more yokai (japanese monsters) and some others....
Kamagami, the ghost of a rice pot - hence his head - is a benevolent spirit who summons the gods to provide food ingredients! He's very handy when you're on a budget.
More or less completed! He is fitted for my face but not really wearable as there are no breathing holes and it's a little heavy (3 lbs). The mane is made from wool that i dyed and shaped. The teeth will get a satin sheen.
I'm really happy with this and will be making more yokai (japanese monsters) and some others....
Suzu is a round and hollow Japanese Shinto Bell that contains pellets that sound when agitated.
Tengu (heavenly dogs) are a class of supernatural creatures found in Japanese folklore, art, theater, and literature. They are one of the best known yōkai (monster-spirits) and are sometimes worshipped as Shinto kami (revered spirits or gods). Although they take their name from a dog-like Chinese demon (Tiangou), the tengu were originally thought to take the forms of birds of prey, and they are traditionally depicted with both human and avian characteristics.
First part of my work : it will be a Ball jointed Doll based on "kitsune" yokai. (Yo-sd size) More informations about his story when he will be complete. ;D
Heavily processed ukiyo-e print (part of a print, anyway) of a Japanese yokai (monster or demon) nekomata (demon cat).
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Edited Wikipedia version of the Bakemono Zukushi scroll of bakemono and yokai monsters. Color/processing variant.
Image source: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bakemono_Zukushi.jpg
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The shape-shifter. From Yokai Attack!:
No discussion of the tanuki would be complete without a mention of their extraordinary testicles. Totally flexible, extensible, and mobile, they are a potent tool in the Tanuki's bag of shape-shifting tricks. Tanuki use their testicles as makeshift raincoats and drums, weapons and even as a disguise to impersonate other creatures and yokai (demons, spirits). Some accounts claim they can be extended into a sheet some eight tatami mats in size - more than 130 square feet (12 square meters). That's a whole lot of scrotum.
In fact, there is even a famous children's rhyme (set, incongruously enough to the tune of the Baptist hymn "Shall We Gather at the River?") that goes:
Tan Tan Tanuki
no kintama wa
Kaze mo nai no ni,
Bura Bura
(The Tanuki's testicles
swing-swing even
without any breeze).
Tanuki, despite being shape-shifters and mischievous, are considered good luck.
He likes good and rich food, too. You can tell by that roly-poly belly.
It does look odd on an avatar of death.
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The shape-shifter. From Yokai Attack!:
No discussion of the tanuki would be complete without a mention of their extraordinary testicles. Totally flexible, extensible, and mobile, they are a potent tool in the Tanuki's bag of shape-shifting tricks. Tanuki use their testicles as makeshift raincoats and drums, weapons and even as a disguise to impersonate other creatures and yokai (demons, spirits). Some accounts claim they can be extended into a sheet some eight tatami mats in size - more than 130 square feet (12 square meters). That's a whole lot of scrotum.
In fact, there is even a famous children's rhyme (set, incongruously enough to the tune of the Baptist hymn "Shall We Gather at the River?") that goes:
Tan Tan Tanuki
no kintama wa
Kaze mo nai no ni,
Bura Bura
(The Tanuki's testicles
swing-swing even
without any breeze).
Tanuki, despite being shape-shifters and mischievous, are considered good luck.
There, looking much happier in this pic, though still crazed.