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The Hosokawa Retainer Shimamura Danjô Takanori by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1843-44)
#utagawa kuniyoshi#art#woodblock prints#fine art#19th century#19th century art#edo era#edo period#woodblock print#japanese art#japanese artist#samurai#japanese legends#crabs#asian art#classic art
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Lupin Week 2024 Day #4
Legend of Rupanshima Taro (i hope this counts as mythology lol
Anyway, I took the story of Urashima Taro and included Lupin, since they kinda sorta did an episode based around it in part 2. Tried my best to incorporate a half ukiyo-e/lupin style in here
#anime#ibispaintx#lupin iii#lupin sansei#lupin the 3rd#lupin the third#my art#anime fanart#fanart#japan#legend#urashima taro#lupin week 2024#japanese legends
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According to a Japanese legend, if you cannot sleep at night it is because you are awake.
#taken from the top comment on a DoctorMike video#sorry for stealing it; attribution due to PUNK3N#japanese legends#sleeping
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Bake-danuki (化け狸), a mischievous shape shifting Yōkai (妖怪) found in Japanese mythology, resembling a tanuki, or Japanese Racoon Dog.
#tanuki#yōkai#bake danuki#mischevious spirits#mystical beings#japanese yokai#alteredai#japanese legends#japanese folktale#japanese folklore#mythical creatures
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the Sun and the Moon have always been in love
he was hot and bright, she was soft and mysterious
everyday they crossed path on the horizon
and they yearned for each other but time kept them apart
so God painted the skies with eclipses
as proof that even the most improbable love can unite
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Sick. Stayed home. Went to the doc for covid testing. Got a narcotic cough syrup. So, I just took a dose, now that I'm home and can just fall asleep if needed. Waiting for it to make me too sleepy, I'm finally reading this, which I bought back in August last year!
Wondering how many myths and legends in here are incorporated into Black Butler. Should at least be a few... like the two lovers separated by the river should be in here... somewhere.
I bought a small collection from this series of books. This is the first one I've cracked open.
#black butler#kuroshitsuji#japanese mythology#japanese legends#japanese folklore#japanese folktale#my stuff#stuff I bought#research#reference materials#apr 6 2023#books#book collection
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Iemon nyobo Oiwa, Takuetsu 伊右衛門女房お岩, 宅悦 - Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1847-1852)
Oiwa (left), the murdered wife of Iemon, with disfigured face and clasping bloody clump of hair. Takuetsu (right), the masseur is amazed by her disfigured face.
#utagawa kuniyoshi#japanese culture#japanese art#ukiyoe#japan#woodblock print#woodblock#ukiyo e#japan art#yurei#yokai#japanese legends
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The Snow Woman (1968)
“I decided that I will not kill you. But in return, you must not tell anyone about what you see today. Even your most intimate people. Even your relatives, your wife or your children. If you say even one word about me, I will kill you.”
Based on the Japanese Folklore of Yuki-Onna, it tells the tale of a sculptor, Yosaku (Akira Ishihama), who encountered a ghost on a stormy snowy night where his mentor was frozen to death leaving him as the only survivor.
Few years later, Yosaku met a beautiful woman named Yuki (Shiho Fujimura) when his mother offered her shelter from the heavy thunderstorm for the night where she befriends them both and admires his craftsmanship.
Over time, both Yosaku and his mother grew fond of Yuki and beg her to stay a bit longer to which she agreed. They eventually express their love for each other and got married, have a child and live a good life, which did not last long.
A priestess saw Yuki at the temple and knows who she really is, confronted her at her home but Yosaku does not believe it as he had seen a ghost before and Yuki is nothing like her. But Yosaku had forgotten the promise he made.
Having broke his promise he made on that stormy night, Yuki reveals her true self to Yosaku before killing him but her attempt was stopped by their child who was crying. Yuki had a change of heart and decides to leave them instead.
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It’s a good story which shows you that the humans are much more scarier than ghosts as humans are judgemental and egoistical creatures.
There are many folklore versions of Yuki Onna depending on which part of Japan it originates, each prefecture has its own stories and legends.
For this movie, it seems that it is set during Kamakura period, judging by the clothes that they wear and the attitude of the “warriors”.
Yuki’s dressing and hair reminds me of the court ladies of Taira or Heike. She probably died while trying to flee from the war during winter.
But her spirits live on. Maybe the real reason Yuki did not kill Yosaku because he reminds her of her late husband who died in war.
At least that’s what I’d like to think. It’ll make the story more interesting when you include in some historical events.
#the snow woman#yuki onna#japanese folklore#japanese folktale#shiho fujimura#fujimura shiho#akira ishihama#ishihama akira#japanese legends#japanese myths#japanese ghost#japan#japanese classic#heian period#kamakura period#taira#heike#genpei war#japanese film
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"Posle tebe duša mi je ko i tvoja - prazna
Ne mogu da zavolim, to najgora je kazna
Tuđa mi je ruka sada draža od života
Nisam stena kao ti
Neću to izdržati
Samo-samo, ma da me vidiš samo
Ja neću da se smirim
Budi moj harikiri
Dobra sam
Klub je i dobro sam
I gledaju me svi
Niko me ne radi"
Elena Kitić - Harakiri
#elena kitic#harakiri#balkan music#balkan#serbia#lost love#japanese animation#japanese aesthetic#citati#balkanske pesme#love song#sad love song#ljubavne pesme#tuzni citati#japanese legends#japanese myths#japanese princess
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Kij Johnson’s ‘The Fox Woman’ is a gripping novel of magical realism and fairytale, set in the backdrop of Japan’s Heian period. It tells the story of Kaya no Yoshifuji – a lord who falls in love with a beautiful woman only to later discover that she was a fox in disguise.
Tales of foxes transforming into humans to trick unsuspecting people are common in Japan and East Asia. It is said that as the fox grows older, they gain more tails and greater abilities until they are at their most powerful, with nine tails. In Japan, these foxes are called Kitsune, in China, Huli Jing, and in Korea, Kumiho. These foxes may transform into humans for many reasons, to steal from them, to eat them, or, as in the case of ‘The Fox Woman,’ to seduce them.
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#Kij Johnson#The Fox Woman#Kaya no Yoshifuji#Kitsune#Mythos#Mythology#Mythos Articles#Myths and Legends#Shapeshifting#Animal Bride#Enchantments#Japan#Japanese Mythology#Japanese Legends#Fox Magic#Mythos Reviews#Fox Spirits
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The Ghost of Kohada Koheiji, from the series One Hundred Ghost Stories by Katsushika Hokusai (1831-32)
#katsushika hokusai#art#ukiyo-e#woodblock prints#fine art#19th century#19th century art#edo era#edo period#woodblock print#japanese artist#japanese art#japanese legends#ghost stories#ghost#ghosts#asian art#classic art
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Ohaguro Bettari (inktober 2022) by Andréa Boloch
#andréa boloch#macabre art#ohaguro bettari#ohaguro#dark art#yokai#yōkai#artworks#mythology#japanese folklore#japanese legends#photoshop art#2022#viarce
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Teke Teke (テケテケ;てけ てけ)
Is an urban legend in Japan, about a girl who got cut in half by a train. She is an onryō, a vengeful spirit, who walks on her hands, carrying a scythe, and seeking victims to dismember. She is named after the sound she makes as she "walks"
#teke teke#onryō#vengeful ghost#malicious ghost#revenant#urban myths#japanese legends#urban legends#japanese folktale#japanese folklore#japanese demon
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Trash Queen adamantly refuses to answer any asks regarding Aoandon, so I'm going to you. Did they brutally murder people after a string of ghost stories?
Aoandon. Light 100 blue lanterns and tell a scary story. At the end of each story, blow a candle out. Each story is scarier than the last. Until finally, in the dim light of the last candle, you weave a tale of pure terror and blow the last candle out. Smoke rises and darkness falls. Out of the shadows a figure born from fear dressed in a white kimono with long dark hair and pointed black teeth grins at you.
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Aoandon are not monsters in the traditional sense (Toriel, Sans, Hapsta, etc), but creatures of the void summoned by heightened human emotions[fear]. The lantern ritual blurs the lines between this world and the void, allowing them to enter if the ritual is completed. They are mainly curious. But sometimes mischievous and nasty. They like the taste of fear and creating more fear. They're in it for the thrill, not blood.
They have been known to kill, yes brutally at times. Usually to get a reaction out of others. But they generally prefer just scaring the crap out of people. Because survivors tell ghost stories. Dead people don't.
If they kill, a person's fear flares and then is over. They prefer a long slow stream of fear. Lurking in shadows. The movement in the corner of your eye. A reflection in the mirror down the hall. A grainy image in a photograph.
Those they haunt feel cold, drained and lethargic. Often complaing of mysterious illness. Prone to night terrors and really bad sleep paralysis.
Once summoned, they are hard to get rid of. They don't really die as far as anyone knows, but are repelled by sunlight, happiness and genuine laughter. If a family full of love, light, and laughter moves in to a place they lurk, they will likely leave to find a new haunt or may even return to the void. But as long as the gate is still open, they may find an opportunity to return.
[Side note: I hope I did them justice, I don't know much about them, only what I googled. Hope that's satisfactory, walter]
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Legend of Morena
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