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Processed (from not much to way overboard) image I took several years ago of a toy I bought in Japan of a lantern with a human face (and big mouth). Rendered as a stained glass window.
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.
The Yokai of Darkness and Destruction. Jurijutsu watches over the dead and the undead and over the repulsive. When he is seen, mostly death follows.
I bought Yokai a gorgeous new kimono full set. It's absolutely beautiful and I'm so happy I made the switch to make her a Feeple60.
Meet Yokai! A Yokai is a Japanese ghost, spectre or spirit. There are many kinds of Yokai but this Yokai is a Zashiki Warashi (so that should really be her name, but I thought it was a bit on the long side). Zashiki Warashi literally means 'child in the room" and is a sort of poltergeist who likes to get up to pranks and mischief. The Zashiki Warashi is said to resemble a five year old child but despite the trouble he or she can cause, having one haunt your home is a sign of good fortune.
There are thousands upon thousands of Yokai, and Nurarihyon is their leader. What does he do? He sneaks into your house and eats your food, that's what he does!
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
Just in time for Halloween, we’re letting the yokai out to wander the streets and haunt the cafes of Azabujuban. I’m thrilled to announce my first solo show, Night of the Yokai – Patrick Gannonの摩訶不思議な切絵展.
Details:
Dates: Oct. 25 (Mon) to Nov 7 (Sun) 2010 (* closed to the general public Sunday Oct. 31 for a workshop)
Time: 11:30am to 11pm
Place: Gallery Cafe Enyen located about 5 minutes from Azabujuban station exit 4 on the Namboku line, and a five minute walk from Roppongi Hills
Address: 2-8-15 Azabujuban, Minato-ku, Tokyo 1F
Phone: 03-3453-4021
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